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Feb 12, 2012
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mas•sive



Pronunciation: (mas'iv), [key]
—adj.
1. consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
2. large and heavy-looking: a massive forehead.
3. large in scale, amount, or degree: a massive breakdown in communications; massive reductions in spending.
4. solid or substantial; great or imposing: massive erudition.
5. Mineral.having no outward crystal form, although sometimes crystalline in internal structure.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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