mass

Adjective

• formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
  • aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year
    
  • the aggregated amount of indebtedness
    

Noun

• a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite
  • the priest said Mass
    

• a musical setting for a Mass
  • they played a Mass composed by Beethoven
    

• 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
    

• the common people generally
  • separate the warriors from the mass
    
  • power to the people
    

• a body of matter without definite shape
  • a huge ice mass
    

• (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

• an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

• (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
    
  • 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
    

• the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

Verb

• join together into a mass or collect or form a mass
  • Crowds were massing outside the palace
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  aggregate , aggregated , aggregative , Mass , bulk , volume , multitude , masses , hoi polloi , people , the great unwashed , batch