mass

nouns

the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

mass

is a type of (narrower)

any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions

physical property

is a type of (narrower)

one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement

fundamental measure, fundamental quantity

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

"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"

an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

mass

is a type of (narrower)

several things grouped together or considered as a whole

accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection

a body of matter without definite shape

"a huge ice mass"

mass

is a type of (narrower)

an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects

"heavenly body"

body

the common people generally

"separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed

the property of something that is great in magnitude

"it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"

bulk, mass, volume

verbs

join together into a mass or collect or form a mass

"Crowds were massing outside the palace"

mass

is a type of (narrower)

to gather together in large numbers

"men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"

crowd, crowd together

adjectives

formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

"aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness"

aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass