Definition of 'mass'
Noun
- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
Synonyms: batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mess mickle mint muckle peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad whole lot whole slew - an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
- (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
- a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass"
- the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
Synonyms: multitude masses hoi polloi people the great unwashed - the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"
Synonyms: bulk volume - a musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven"
- a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass"
Verb
- join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace"
Adjective
- gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness"
Synonyms: aggregate aggregated aggregative
