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mass
noun(mass)
the common people generally
Synonyms: hoi polloi, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed,
Examples:
Separate the warriors from the mass.
mass
noun(mass)
the property of something that is great in magnitude
Synonyms: bulk, volume,
Examples:
He received a mass of correspondence.
mass
noun(mass)
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad,
mass
adjective(mass)
formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
mass
noun(mass)
a body of matter without definite shape
Examples:
A huge ice mass.
mass
noun(mass)
a musical setting for a Mass
mass
noun(mass)
an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
mass
noun(mass)
a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite
mass
verb(mass)
join together into a mass or collect or form a mass
Examples:
Crowds were massing outside the palace.
mass
noun(mass)
(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
mass
noun(mass)
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

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