mass noun

1 large amount/number of sth

ADJ. enormous, great, huge, large, vast | broad Their policies appeal to the broad mass of the population. | formless, shapeless When I washed the jumper, it just turned into a shapeless mass. | compact, dense, solid | chaotic a chaotic mass of ideas | tangled a tangled mass of hair

PREP. ~ of a dense mass of smoke | ~es of (informal) There were masses of people at the concert.

2 Mass: Christian ceremony

ADJ. requiem, Sunday

VERB + MASS attend, go to, hear She never failed to attend Sunday Mass. | celebrate, offer, say The local priest celebrates Mass in the village church.

PREP. ~ for a requiem Mass for the sailors who drowned

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