mass

noun

A unified body of matter with no specific shape.

noun

A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity.

noun

A large but nonspecific amount or number.

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A lump or aggregate of coherent material.

noun

The principal part; the majority.

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The physical volume or bulk of a solid body.

noun

A property of matter equal to the measure of the amount of matter contained in or constituting a physical body that partly determines the body’s resistance to changes in the speed or direction of its motion. The mass of an object is not dependent on gravity and therefore is different from but proportional to its weight.

noun

An area of unified light, shade, or color in a painting.

noun

A thick, pasty mixture containing drugs from which pills are formed.

noun

The body of common people or people of low socioeconomic status.