Mass — synonyms, definition

1. mass (Noun)

accumulation agglomeration aggregate amount army assemblage ballast band bank batch bevy block body bread breadth brick bulk bunch cake capacity • • •

mass (Noun) — The property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field.

mass (Noun) — (often followed by 'of') a large number, amount or extent. ex. "a mass of letters"

mass (Noun) — An ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people).

mass (Noun) — A body of matter without definite shape. ex. "a huge ice mass"

mass (Noun) — The common people generally. ex. "separate the warriors from the mass"

mass (Noun) — The property of something that is great in magnitude. ex. "he received a mass of correspondence"

mass (Noun) — (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist.

mass (Noun) — A musical setting for a Mass. ex. "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven"

mass (Noun) — A sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite. ex. "the priest said Mass"

accumulation aggregation assemblage body church music collection fundamental measure fundamental quantity group grouping large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity magnitude physical property prayer religious ceremony religious music religious ritual High Mass Low Mass atomic mass atomic weight audience biomass body bulk coprolith critical mass deluge dollar volume drift faecalith fecalith flood followers following gravitational mass haymow • • • High Mass Church of Rome Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church Roman Church Western Church

2. mass (Adjective)

aggregated aggregative

mass (Adjective) — Formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole. ex. "mass expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"

3. mass (Verb)

mass (Verb) — Join together into a mass, collect or form a mass. ex. "Crowds were massing outside the palace"

crowd crowd together press