of, for, very many people; a lump, quantity of matter, without regular shape; the main religious service (in the Roman Catholic Church)
body of matter; considerable portion
Cases of word usage
1) a large mass of snow and ice sliding down a mountain side (avalanche)
2) a scientific instrument used for measuring mass (weight) (balance)
3) a mass of hair on the lower part of a man's face (excluding the moustache) (beard)
4) (a mass of) white or grey water vapour floating in the sky (cloud)
5) a number of things or parts together in a mass or ball (e.g. rock) (conglomerate)
6) a high, sharp mass of rock (crag)
7) a mass of hair twisted into a coil or spiral (curl)
8) the relation of mass to volume (density)
9) a white mass of small air bubbles as formed in or on a liquid (foam)
10) a mass of small bubbles; foam (froth)
