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noun (LARGE AMOUNT) /mæs/Definition
B2 [S] a large amount of something that has no particular shape or arrangement: The explosion reduced the church to a mass of rubble. The forest is a mass of colour in autumn.Masses and large amounts of things masses [plural] mainly UK informal B2 a lot: [+ to infinitive] I've got masses to do at the weekend. There were masses of people in town today.Masses and large amounts of things the mass of sth › most of something: The mass of the people support the government's reforms.Maximum and minimum
(Definition of mass noun (LARGE AMOUNT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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