Mass

/mˈæs/

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Adjective Satellite
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
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
Noun
(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"
Noun
an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
Noun
(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
Noun
a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass"
Noun
the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
Noun
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"
Noun
a musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven"
Noun
a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass"
Verb
join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace"