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(noun) the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field. Synonyms: mass.
Noun Definition 1
(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent. Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad. Examples: "A batch of letters." "A deal of trouble." "A lot of money." "He made a mint on the stock market." "See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos." "It must have cost plenty." "A slew of journalists." "A wad of money."
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(noun) an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people). Synonyms: mass.
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(noun) (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist.
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(noun) a body of matter without definite shape. Synonyms: mass. Examples: "A huge ice mass."
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(noun) the common people generally. Synonyms: multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed. Examples: "Separate the warriors from the mass." "Power to the people."
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(noun) the property of something that is great in magnitude. Synonyms: bulk, mass, volume. Examples: "It is cheaper to buy it in bulk." "He received a mass of correspondence." "The volume of exports."
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(noun) a musical setting for a Mass. Examples: "They played a mass composed by beethoven."
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(noun) a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite. Examples: "The priest said mass."
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(verb) join together into a mass or collect or form a mass. Synonyms: mass. Examples: "Crowds were massing outside the palace."
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