[thou-zuh
nd] 
noun, plural -sands, (as after a numeral) -sand, adjective | 1. | a cardinal number, 10 times 100. |
| 2. | a symbol for this number, as 1000 or M. |
| 3. | thousands. the numbers between 1000 and 999,999, as in referring to an amount of money: Property damage was in the thousands. |
| 4. | a great number or amount. |
| 5. | Also, thousand's place.
|
| 6. | amounting to 1000 in number. |
| thou·sand (thou'zənd) n. The cardinal number equal to 10 × 100 or 103. [Middle English, from Old English thūsend; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.] thou'sand adj. & pron. |
thousand
see bat a thousand; by the dozen (thousand); one in a million (thousand); picture is worth a thousand words.