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Definitions for Masses

[1] a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
[2] a collection of incoherent particles, parts, or objects regarded as forming one body: a mass of sand.
[3] aggregate; whole (usually preceded by in the ): People, in the mass, mean well.
[4] a considerable assemblage, number, or quantity: a mass of errors; a mass of troops.
[5] bulk, size, expanse, or massiveness: towers of great mass and strength.
[6] Fine Arts . Painting . an expanse of color or tone that defines form or shape in general outline rather than in detail. a shape or three-dimensional volume that has or gives the illusion of having weight, density, and bulk.
[7] the main body, bulk, or greater part of anything: the great mass of American films.
[8] Physics . the quantity of matter as determined from its weight or from Newton's second law of motion. Abbreviation : m Compare weight(def 2) , relativistic mass, rest mass.
[9] Pharmacology . a preparation of thick, pasty consistency, from which pills are made.
[10] the masses, the ordinary or common people as a whole; the working classes or the lower social classes.
[11] pertaining to, involving, or affecting a large number of people: mass unemployment; mass migrations; mass murder.
[12] participated in or performed by a large number of people, especially together in a group: mass demonstrations; mass suicide.
[13] pertaining to, involving, or characteristic of the mass of the people: the mass mind; a movie designed to appeal to a mass audience.
[14] reaching or designed to reach a large number of people: television, newspapers, and other means of mass communication.
[15] done on a large scale or in large quantities: mass destruction.
[16] to come together in or form a mass or masses: The clouds are massing in the west.
[17] to gather into or dispose in a mass or masses; assemble: The houses are massed in blocks.
[18] a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
[19] the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
[20] (sometimes lowercase ) a musical setting of certain parts of this service, as the Kyrie eleison, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei.
[21] the masses the body of common people
[22] (often foll by of) informal , mainly British great numbers or quantities masses of food
[23] a large coherent body of matter without a definite shape
[24] a collection of the component parts of something
[25] a large amount or number, such as a great body of people
[26] the main part or majority the mass of the people voted against the government's policy
[27] in the mass in the main; collectively
[28] the size of a body; bulk
[29] physics a physical quantity expressing the amount of matter in a body. It is a measure of a body's resistance to changes in velocity (inertial mass) and also of the force experienced in a gravitational field (gravitational mass): according to the theory of relativity, inertial and gravitational masses are equal See also inertial mass, gravitational mass
[30] (in painting, drawing, etc) an area of unified colour, shade, or intensity, usually denoting a solid form or plane
[31] pharmacol a pastelike composition of drugs from which pills are made
[32] mining an irregular deposit of ore not occurring in veins
[33] done or occurring on a large scale mass hysteria ; mass radiography
[34] consisting of a mass or large number, esp of people a mass meeting
[35] to form (people or things) or (of people or things) to join together into a mass the crowd massed outside the embassy
[36] (in the Roman Catholic Church and certain Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist See also High Mass, Low Mass
[37] a musical setting of those parts of the Eucharistic service sung by choir or congregation
[38] billiards a stroke made by hitting the cue ball off centre with the cue held nearly vertically, esp so as to make the ball move in a curve around another ball before hitting the object ball

Words related to Masses

massproletariat, riffraff, rabble, mob, commonalty, multitude

Words nearby Masses

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Origin of Masses

Massbefore 900; Middle English masse, Old English mæsse < Vulgar Latin *messa, Late Latin missa, formally feminine of Latin missus, past participle of mittere to send, dismiss; perhaps extracted from a phrase in the service with missa est and a feminine subject

Words that may be confused with Masses

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, massmassed, mast

Other words from Masses

mass·ed·ly [mas -id-lee, mast -lee] /ˈmæs ɪd li, ˈmæst li/ , adverb
un·massed , adjective

Word origin for Masses

éC19: from French, from masser to hit from above with a hammer, from masse sledgehammer, from Old French mace mace 1

Synonyms for Masses

commonalty, mob, multitude, proletariat, rabble, riffraff, common people, great unwashed, hoi polloi, lower class, rank and file