AMASS
What does "AMASS" mean?
To gather or accumulate a large amount of something over time.
Meanings
- To collect or pile up a great quantity, especially of money, goods, or information. Over forty years he amassed one of the country's largest stamp collections.
- To come together in a mass; to accumulate. Storm clouds amassed on the horizon before noon. formal
Word origin
From French 'amasser', from Old French 'a-' (to) plus 'masse' (mass, lump), from Latin 'massa' (kneaded dough, lump); to amass is to bring into a heap.
Remember it
AMASS contains MASS: to amass is to build a mass of things, piled high.
A little poem
Coin on coin, the careful tower grows;
the man behind it thinner by the year-
what he amassed, the heap alone now knows.
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Wordplay
- The geologist who hoarded boulders said collecting them was easy - he just had to amass a mass.
What it teaches
It is easy to amass and hard to discern; a pile is not yet a treasure.
Quick facts
What does AMASS mean?
To gather or accumulate a large amount of something over time.
Is AMASS a valid word?
Yes — AMASS is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is AMASS?
AMASS has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does AMASS come from?
From French 'amasser', from Old French 'a-' (to) plus 'masse' (mass, lump), from Latin 'massa' (kneaded dough, lump); to amass is to bring into a heap.
What can AMASS teach us?
It is easy to amass and hard to discern; a pile is not yet a treasure.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.