English > large indefinite quantity: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity| Meaning | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude. |
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| Synonym | large indefinite amount |
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| Narrower | barrels | The amount that many barrels might hold |
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| 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 |
| battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack | A large indefinite number |
| billyo, billyoh, billy-ho, all get out | An unimaginably large amount |
| boatload, shipload, carload | The amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car |
| busload | The quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry |
| chunk | A substantial amount |
| infinitude | An infinite quantity |
| maximum, upper limit | The largest possible quantity |
| mile | A large distance |
| million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion, bazillion | A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) |
| much | A great amount or extent |
| myriad | A large indefinite number |
| ocean, sea | Anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume |
| ream | A large quantity of written matter |
| small fortune | A large sum of money |
| tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings | A large number or amount |
| Broader | indefinite quantity | An estimated quantity |
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