Origin of mass
Synonym study
Mass
noun
Origin of Mass
Mass.
Related Words for mass
throng, horde, group, crowd, number, lump, majority, pile, lot, mob, piece, size, load, pyramid, knot, chunk, clot, plurality, staple, bunchExamples from the Web for mass
Contemporary Examples of mass
Their bodies were later found incinerated and buried in mass graves outside of town.
“The United States had gone to war declaring it must destroy an active weapons of mass destruction program,” the Times reported.
Google itself has taken a break and put plans for mass production on hold.
There were mass closures of churches, mosques, and monasteries, and new taxes on religious facilities.
The number of protests in China between 2006 and 2010 doubled to 180,000, and those are only the reported “mass incidents.”
Historical Examples of mass
We missed our morning mass, it will do us no harm to hear Nones in the Minster.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
The mass was an ornate one, though not more so than they were accustomed to at Beaulieu.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
In the nearer ranks we may discern the variety of ingredients that compose the mass.
Biographical SketchesNathaniel Hawthorne
Gone is the mass of the mountains, the stoniness of rocks, the hard solidity of iron.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
I thought he was going to give that mass of flowers to me, but he did not.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter