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Word: Mass
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Old French masse, from Latin massa, from Greek maza ‘barley cake’; perhaps related to massein ‘knead’
mas
a large body of matter with no definite shape
Short Definition:body of matter
Examples:- the sun broke out from behind a mass of clouds
a large number of people or objects crowded together
Short Definition:large number
Examples:- a mass of cyclists
the majority of
Short Definition:majority
Examples:- the great mass of the population had little interest in the project
the quantity of matter which a body contains, as measured by its acceleration under a given force or by the force exerted on it by a gravitational field
Short Definition:quantity of matter
Examples:- stellar objects of intermediate mass
Word: Mass
Speech Type: Adjective
mas
involving or affecting large numbers of people or things
Short Definition:involving large numbers
Examples:- the film has mass appeal
- a mass exodus of refugees
Word: Mass
Speech Type: Verb
mas
assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass
Short Definition:assemble
Examples:- both countries began massing troops in the region
- clouds massed heavily on the horizon
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