The Meaning of mass

• (n.) The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.
• (n.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus.
• (v. i.) To celebrate Mass.
• (n.) A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.
• (n.) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
• (n.) A large quantity; a sum.
• (n.) Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
• (n.) The principal part; the main body.
• (n.) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume.
• (v. t.) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.

Synonyms

batch , deal , flock , good deal , great deal , hatful , heap , lot , mess , mickle , mint , mountain , muckle , passel , peck , pile , plenty , pot , quite a little , raft , sight , slew , spate , stack , tidy sum , wad , Mass , multitude , masses , hoi polloi , people , the great unwashed , bulk , volume , Mass , Mass , aggregate , aggregated , aggregative

Homophones

mass. , masse

Rhymes

alas , alsace , amass , ass , bass , basse , blass , bluegrass , bras , brass , bypass , cas , casque , cass , chasse , class , contrasts , crass , depass , eelgrass , eyeglass , fahs , fass , fiberglas , fiberglass , forecasts , gas , gass , glas , glass , gras , grass , grasse , harass , hass , hourglass , impasse , jackass , jass , klas , klass , kras , krass , kvass , lambastes , landmass , lass , last , masse , middle-class , morass , nass , outclass , overpass , pass , plas , plass , plasse , plexiglas , plexiglass , ras , repass , sas , sass , sassafras , sasse , shortgrass , spyglass , strass , sunglass , surpass , tallgrass , tass , tasse , trass , trespass , umass , underpass , vanasse , vass , wrasse , yass