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ADJECTIVE (4)

1. imposing in size or bulk or solidity;
- Example: "massive oak doors"
- Example: "Moore's massive sculptures"
- Example: "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"
- Example: "a monumental scale"
[syn: massive, monolithic, monumental]

2. being the same substance throughout;
- Example: "massive silver"

3. imposing in scale or scope or degree or power;
- Example: "massive retaliatory power"
- Example: "a massive increase in oil prices"
- Example: "massive changes"

4. consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter;
- Example: "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

massive \mass"ive\ (m[.a]s"[i^]v), a. [F. massif.]
   1. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted;
      weighty; heavy; massy. "Massive armor." --Dr. H. More.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Min.) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline
      structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral
      occurs massive.
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   Massive rock (Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not
      distinctly schistose, as granite; also, with some authors,
      an eruptive rock.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

massive
    adj 1: imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak
           doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic
           proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental
           scale" [syn: massive, monolithic, monumental]
    2: being the same substance throughout; "massive silver"
    3: imposing in scale or scope or degree or power; "massive
       retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices";
       "massive changes"
    4: consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of
       matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial
       planets"