1. The common people generally
   "separate the warriors from the masses";
   - multitude, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed [informal]
    
2. [Brit, informal] A large number or amount
   "made masses of new friends";
   - tons [informal], dozens, heaps [informal], lots, piles [informal], scores, stacks [informal], loads [informal], rafts [informal], slews, wads [informal], oodles [informal], gobs [N. Amer, informal], scads [N. Amer, informal], lashings [Brit, informal], many

1. The property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
   "The mass of the planet was calculated using complex equations"
    
2. (often followed by ‘of’) a large number, amount or extent
   "a mass of letters";
   - batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mess, mickle [archaic], mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile [informal], plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack [informal], tidy sum, wad, bunch [informal], scad [N. Amer, informal]
    
3. A body of matter without definite shape
   "a huge ice mass"
    
4. An ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
   "A mass of spectators gathered to watch the parade"
    
5. The property of something that is great in magnitude
   "he received a mass of correspondence";
   - bulk, volume

1. Join together into a mass, collect or form a mass
   "Crowds were massing outside the palace"

1. A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball
   "His impressive massé shot drew applause from the spectators";
   - massé shot

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, body, collection, crowd, crowd together, fundamental measure, fundamental quantity, group, grouping, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, magnitude, physical property, shot, stroke

Part of: billiards, pocket billiards, pool

Encyclopedia: Masses, Bequests for