English > passel: 1 sense > noun 1, quantityMeaning | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. |
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Example | "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos" |
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Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
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Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent | An overwhelming number or amount |
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haymow | A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation |
Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
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Spanish | avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila |
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Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou |
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