en
mass
/mæs/
Definition
1
A large body of matter with no definite shape, such as a lump or pile.
2
A substantial quantity or amount of something.
3
Physics: The measure of the amount of matter in a body, quantified by its inertia or gravitational interaction.
4
The principal ceremony of the Roman Catholic Church, involving the Eucharist.
Examples
The fitness influencer flexed his newly acquired mass, turning heads at the beach like a human eclipse.
After binge-watching the entire series, she emerged from her blanket fort amid a mass of empty snack wrappers.
The physicist dropped the apple to demonstrate mass, proving gravity has a beef with things that weigh something.
The sleepy town shuffled into mass, coffee cups in hand, praying for a sermon shorter than their attention spans.