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LARGE INDEFINITE QUANTITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
Synonyms:
large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("large indefinite quantity" is a kind of...):
indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "large indefinite quantity"):
dozens; gobs; heaps; lashings; loads; lots; oodles; piles; rafts; scads; scores; slews; stacks; tons; wads (a large number or amount)
small fortune (a large sum of money)
ream (a large quantity of written matter)
ocean; sea (anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume)
myriad (a large indefinite number)
much (a great amount or extent)
bazillion; billion; gazillion; jillion; million; trillion; zillion (a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole))
mile (a large distance)
maximum; upper limit (the largest possible quantity)
infinitude (an infinite quantity)
boatload; carload; shipload (the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car)
all get out; billy-ho; billyo; billyoh (an unimaginably large amount)
battalion; large number; multitude; pack; plurality (a large indefinite number)
batch; deal; flock; good deal; great deal; hatful; heap; lot; mass; mess; mickle; mint; mountain; muckle; passel; peck; pile; plenty; pot; quite a little; raft; sight; slew; spate; stack; tidy sum; wad ((often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent)
barrels (the amount that many barrels might hold)
busload (the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry)
chunk (a substantial amount)
