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mass (countable and uncountable; plural masses)
- A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.
- If it were not for these principles, the bodies of the earth, planets, comets, sun, and all things in them, would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive masses - Sir I. Newton
- A deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred to rage - Savile
- (pharmacy): A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
- A large quantity; a sum
- All the mass of gold that comes into Spain. - Sir W. Raleigh
- He had spent a huge mass of treasure. - Sir J. Davies
- Bulk; magnitude; body; size
- This army of such mass and charge - Shakespeare, Hamlet, IV,iv
- The principal part; the main body.
- Night closed upon the pursuit, and aided the mass of the fugitives in their escape - [Jowett (Thucyd.)
- (physics) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement.
- (medicine): A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
- (bodybuilding): Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
- (religion): Celebration of the Eucharist.
4 letters in word "mass": A M S S.
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