I.
noun
1 large amount/number of sth
VERBS
▪ enormous , great , huge , large , vast
▪ broad
▪
Their policies appeal to the broad ~ of the population.
▪ shapeless
▪
When I washed the sweater, it just turned into a shapeless ~.
▪ compact , dense , solid
▪ land
▪
the first women to cross Antarctica's land ~ on foot
▪ chaotic
▪
a chaotic ~ of ideas
▪ swirling
▪
a swirling ~ of shadows
▪ tangled
▪
a tangled ~ of hair
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a dense ~ of smoke
▪ ~es of ( informal )
▪
There were ~es of people at the concert.
PHRASES
▪ the huddled ~es , the unwashed ~es (= large numbers of poor people)
▪
the image of America with arms open wide to the world's huddled ~es
2 Mass Christian ceremony
ADJECTIVE
▪ Catholic , requiem
▪ midnight , Sunday
VERB + MASS
▪ attend , go to , hear
▪
She never failed to attend Sunday Mass.
▪ celebrate , offer , say
▪
The local priest celebrates Mass in the church.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
a requiem ~ for the sailors who drowned
3 ( technical ) quantity of material
ADJECTIVE
▪ atomic , molecular
▪ body , bone , muscle
▪
Calcium deficiency can lead to low bone ~ in adolescent girls.
▪ critical
▪
The product has to be good enough to achieve a critical ~ of customers. ( figurative )
VERB + MASS
▪ measure
▪ add , gain
▪
Bodybuilders trying to gain muscle ~ eat a lot of protein.
II.
verb
Mass is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ cloud , ↑ troops
Mass is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ troops
III.
adj.
Mass is used with these nouns: ↑ agitation , ↑ appeal , ↑ arrest , ↑ audience , ↑ boycott , ↑ brawl , ↑ chaos , ↑ circulation , ↑ communication , ↑ confusion , ↑ consumption , ↑ culture , ↑ delusion , ↑ demonstration , ↑ deportation , ↑ destruction , ↑ electorate , ↑ emigration , ↑ entertainment , ↑ evacuation , ↑ execution , ↑ exit , ↑ expulsion , ↑ extinction , ↑ following , ↑ funeral , ↑ genocide , ↑ grave , ↑ hysteria , ↑ immigration , ↑ killer , ↑ killing , ↑ literacy , ↑ market , ↑ marketing , ↑ media , ↑ medium , ↑ meeting , ↑ migration , ↑ movement , ↑ murder , ↑ murderer , ↑ noun , ↑ organization , ↑ panic , ↑ participation , ↑ picket , ↑ privatization , ↑ production , ↑ protest , ↑ rally , ↑ redundancy , ↑ reproduction , ↑ resignation , ↑ retailer , ↑ revolt , ↑ scale , ↑ slaughter , ↑ starvation , ↑ strike , ↑ suicide , ↑ support , ↑ tourism , ↑ transit , ↑ transportation , ↑ unemployment , ↑ uprising , ↑ vaccination