Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with mass in American Collocation
mass
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
when many people are close together and moving about
The crowd was now a sweating, seething mass of bodies pressing up against the stage.
when people or things are very similar
This idea would be rejected by the broad mass of people.
It is important not to treat the sales force as an undifferentiated mass.
confused or vague
Polymers consist of a tangled mass of very long molecules in which the atoms are joined by strong covalent bonds.
stretching over a wide area
They looked down at the sprawling mass of the city below them.
solid
A blood clot is a solid mass of blood.
very large
Though the greatest mass of nerve cells is collected in the brain, the nervous system links all parts of the body.
of people in general
I could see no individuals, just a mass of humanity following orders.
of particular classes
The success of the revolution depended on the working class being able to win the mass of the peasantry.
of information
The mass of material to be considered is overwhelming.
when many people are close together and moving about
The crowd was now a sweating, seething mass of bodies pressing up against the stage.
when people or things are very similar
This idea would be rejected by the broad mass of people.
It is important not to treat the sales force as an undifferentiated mass.
confused or vague
Polymers consist of a tangled mass of very long molecules in which the atoms are joined by strong covalent bonds.
stretching over a wide area
They looked down at the sprawling mass of the city below them.
solid
A blood clot is a solid mass of blood.
very large
Though the greatest mass of nerve cells is collected in the brain, the nervous system links all parts of the body.