[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mass/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) / mass # mass noun (mass, a mass, masses); adjective (mass — many people); verb (mass, masses, massed, massing) «mass» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Mass is the amount of matter in an object, measured in grams and kilograms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#m1) 2. A mass is a large amount or lump of something without a clear shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#m2) 3. A mass of people or things is a large crowd or number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#m3) 4. Masses of something (informal) means lots of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#m4) 5. Mass is the main service in the Catholic church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#m5) 6. Mass (adjective) means involving very many people, like mass transport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#m6) ### In the lessons In science and maths, mass is measured with scales or a balance: 1 kilogram = 1000 grams. Mass stays the same everywhere, but weight (the pull of gravity) changes: on the Moon you weigh less but your mass is the same. In geography, a land mass is a large area of land. Phrases: mass of, masses of, land mass, the masses (ordinary people), go to Mass, mass production. ### Examples - The mass of the apple is 150 grams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#x1) - Use the balance to find the mass of the stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#x2) - A mass of clouds covered the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#x3) - There were masses of people at the concert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#x4) - Australia is a huge land mass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#x5) - Grandma goes to Mass on Sunday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#x6) - Factories make toys by mass production. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#x7) - They could not pull their feet out of the sticky mass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/#x8) ### Note In maths, mass units: grams (g), kilograms (kg), tonnes (t); 1 kg = 1000 g; 1 tonne = 1000 kg. Everyday people say "weight" when they mean mass; in science they differ (weight is a force, in newtons). Capital M for the church service. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: The word describes the "formless mass" that Greek and Roman writers imagined before the world. Jewish tradition compares it to the "tohu vavohu," the emptiness and void of Genesis 1:2. In Job it means a lump, as when dust runs together into a hard mass of clods. In the primary lessons: In science and maths, mass is measured with scales or a balance: 1 kilogram = 1000 grams. Mass stays the same everywhere, but weight (the pull of gravity) changes: on the Moon you weigh less but your mass is the same. In geography, a land mass is a large area of land. Phrases: mass of, masses of, land mass, the masses (ordinary people), go to Mass, mass production. ### Examples - Later cosmogonists, such as Ovid, represent it as the confused, shapless mass, out of which the universe was formed into a cosmos, or harmonious order. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mass/#x1) - When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together? (Writings JOB.38.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mass/#x2) ### Note In maths, mass units: grams (g), kilograms (kg), tonnes (t); 1 kg = 1000 g; 1 tonne = 1000 kg. Everyday people say "weight" when they mean mass; in science they differ (weight is a force, in newtons). Capital M for the church service. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «mass» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mass/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«mass» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mass.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «mass» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mass/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«mass» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mass.html) on Mova free.