Noun Definition

mass

1.Definition: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Related Noun(s):batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, wad

Category: General

2.Definition: (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

Category: General

3.Definition: a body of matter without definite shape

"A huge ice mass"

Category: Objects

4.Definition: a musical setting for a Mass

"They played a Mass composed by Beethoven"

Category: General

5.Definition: a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite

"The priest said Mass"

Category: General

6.Definition: an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

Category: General

7.Definition: the common people generally

"Separate the warriors from the mass", "Power to the people"

Related Noun(s):masses, multitude, people

Category: General

8.Definition: the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

Category: General

9.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):bulk, volume

Category: General