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mass¹ noun 1 physics the amount of matter that an object contains, which is a measure of its inertia. 2 a large quantity, usually a shapeless quantity, gathered together; a lump. 3 (often masses) colloq a large quantity or number • masses of room • He has masses of books. 4 (usually the mass of something) the majority or bulk of it. 5 technical a measure of the quantity of matter in a body. 6 (the masses) ordinary people; the people as a whole. 7 art an area of uniform colour or shading. 8 as adj a involving a large number of people • a mass meeting • mass murder; b belonging or relating to a mass, or to large quantities or numbers • mass production. verb (masses, massed, massing) chiefly intr (sometimes mass together) to gather or form in a large quantity or number • Clouds were massing in the distance. See also amass.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French masser, from Latin massa lump.

mass¹ noun 1 physics the amount of matter that an object contains, which is a measure of its inertia. 2 a large quantity, usually a shapeless quantity, gathered together; a lump. 3 (often masses) colloq a large quantity or number • masses of room • He has masses of books. 4 (usually the mass of something) the majority or bulk of it. 5 technical a measure of the quantity of matter in a body. 6 (the masses) ordinary people; the people as a whole. 7 art an area of uniform colour or shading. 8 as adj a involving a large number of people • a mass meeting • mass murder; b belonging or relating to a mass, or to large quantities or numbers • mass production. verb (masses, massed, massing) chiefly intr (sometimes mass together) to gather or form in a large quantity or number • Clouds were massing in the distance. See also amass.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French masser, from Latin massa lump.

mass¹ noun 1 physics the amount of matter that an object contains, which is a measure of its inertia. 2 a large quantity, usually a shapeless quantity, gathered together; a lump. 3 (often masses) colloq a large quantity or number • masses of room • He has masses of books. 4 (usually the mass of something) the majority or bulk of it. 5 technical a measure of the quantity of matter in a body. 6 (the masses) ordinary people; the people as a whole. 7 art an area of uniform colour or shading. 8 as adj a involving a large number of people • a mass meeting • mass murder; b belonging or relating to a mass, or to large quantities or numbers • mass production. verb (masses, massed, massing) chiefly intr (sometimes mass together) to gather or form in a large quantity or number • Clouds were massing in the distance. See also amass.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French masser, from Latin massa lump.