mass, n.
(masses)
freq. cnt. 74
(masses)
freq. cnt. 74
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 35 freq. cnt.: 35
mass
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hyponym
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
<noun.quantity> freq. cnt.: 61 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad
sample sentences
"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"
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an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12
mass
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a body of matter without definite shape
<noun.object> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
mass
sample sentences
"a huge ice mass"
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the common people generally
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
hoi polloi mass masses multitude people the great unwashed
sample sentences
"separate the warriors from the mass""power to the people"
the property of something that is great in magnitude
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
bulk mass volume
sample sentences
"it is cheaper to buy it in bulk""he received a mass of correspondence"
"the volume of exports"
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