mass
• noun 1 a body of matter with no definite shape. 2 a large number of people or objects gathered together. 3 before another noun done by or affecting large numbers: a mass exodus. 4 (the masses) the ordinary people. 5 (the mass of) the majority of. 6 (a mass of) a large amount of. 7 Physics 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. • verb assemble into a single body or mass. — ORIGIN Latin massa, from Greek maza ‘barley cake’.
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