Mass | Mean of mass in English Dictionary

/ˈmæs/

• Noun
• a usually large amount of a substance that has no particular shape
1. The slush froze into an icy mass.
2. a cold air mass
3. rock masses
4. a mass of metal/clay/dough
5. masses of floating ice
• a large number or amount of something
1. The plant produces a (great/large/huge) mass of blossoms every spring. = The plant produces masses of blossoms every spring.
2. a mass of data/information
• a large number of people
1. A great mass of voters turned out for the election.
2. The team was greeted by a mass [=crowd] of fans.
3. The war has forced masses of people to flee their homes.

• a large amount of something
1. Don't worry: we've still got masses [=lots] of time.
• the ordinary or common people
1. His films are not intended to appeal to the masses.
2. the needs of the masses
3. a politician who is popular with the masses
4. trying to reach the masses
• the quantity of matter in something
1. a star's mass
• the main part of (something)
1. The mass of the iceberg [=the largest part of the iceberg] is below the surface of the water.
2. His policies are supported by the (great/broad) mass of the people. [=by most of the people]
• Verb
• to form or gather into a large group
1. A large crowd of demonstrators massed outside the courthouse.
2. Clouds were massing on the horizon.
3. The generals massed their troops along the border.
• involving, affecting, or designed for many people
1. mass demonstrations
2. weapons of mass destruction
3. mass murder
4. a mass murderer
5. mass hysteria
6. Television is a mass medium.
7. a mass market
• Noun
• a Christian ceremony especially in the Roman Catholic Church in which people eat bread and drink wine representing the body and blood of Jesus Christ
1. They attend Mass every Sunday.
2. a priest's duty to say/celebrate Mass
3. Sunday Masses are held at three different times.
• music written for the parts of a Mass