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noun (plural mass·es) |
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1. lump: a body of matter that forms a whole but has no definable shape
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2. collection: a collection of many individual parts
  The garden is a mass of weeds.
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3. great unspecified quantity: a large but unspecified number or quantity
decaying into a mass of rust
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4. major part: the greater part or majority
The mass of respondents oppose the legislation.
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5. physics physical quantity: the property of an object that is a measure of its inertia, the amount of matter it contains, and its influence in a gravitational field.
Symbol m
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plural noun mass·es |
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ordinary people: ordinary people in society, as distinct from people who are rich or powerful
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle massed, present participle mass·ing, 3rd person present singular mass·es) |
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collect: to gather things in a mass, or be gathered in a mass
Troops are massing on the border.
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adjective |
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1. of large number: made up of or containing a large number
a mass demonstration
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2. general: broadly general, in scope or effect
The mass effect is rather disappointing.
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| [14th century. Via French masse< Latin massa< Greek maza "barley cake"] |
