Mass

Quick meaning: Mass is a noun meaning (physical) Matter, material.

Meaning

(physical) Matter, material.

More Meanings

1. A large quantity; a sum.
2. (ergative) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble.
3. Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
4. Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.
5. (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
6. (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
7. (Christianity, by extension) The main kind of church service, in some denominations.

Example Sentences

There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past.

For though he had spent a huge mass of treasure in transporting his army, […].

The national liberation movement had not yet developed to a sufficiently mass scale.

Every bend on the hill had acted like a funnel to mass them together in this peculiar way.

Word Forms

• masses
• massing
• massed
• masser
• massest

Synonyms for mass

Depending on context, synonyms include weigh, slew, aggregate, general, collective, spate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aggregate, aggregative, collective, multitude, deal, people.

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