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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 magnitudeplay

    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)

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