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41large quantity — very big amount, great amount …
42much — /mʌtʃ / (say much) adjective 1. in great quantity, amount, measure, or degree: much work. –noun 2. a great quantity or amount; a great deal: much of this is true. 3. a great, important, or notable thing or matter: the house is not much to look at …
43much — I. a. Abundant, plenteous, a great deal of, a great quantity or amount of. II. ad. 1. Greatly, to a great degree. 2. Often, long, frequently, earnestly, a great deal. 3. Nearly, almost, about the same. III. n. Great quantity, great deal …
44many a little makes a mickle — The proper version of the next proverb (many a mickle makes a muckle). Pickle, a Scottish word for ‘a small quantity or amount’, is also found instead of little. Mickle (‘a great quantity or amount’) is now only Scottish. a 1250 Ancrene Wisse… …
45profusion — /preuh fyooh zheuhn/, n. 1. abundance; abundant quantity. 2. a great quantity or amount (often fol. by of). 3. lavish spending; extravagance. [1535 45; < L profusion (s. of profusio) a pouring out, extravagance, orig. libation; see PROFUSE,… …
46profusion — pro•fu•sion [[t]prəˈfyu ʒən[/t]] n. 1) abundance; abundant quantity 2) a great quantity or amount (often fol. by of) 3) lavish spending; extravagance • Etymology: 1535–45; < L …
47whale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cetacean; finback; blue, humpback, killer, sperm, sulphur bottom, or right whale; orca, rorqual, narwhal, blackfish, dolphin, porpoise, grampus; Moby Dick; informal, whopper. See size, animal. II… …
48heap — I. n. 1. Pile, mass, collection, accumulation. 2. Great quantity, large amount, lot, abundance. II. v. a. 1. Pile, lay in a heap, throw into a heap. 2. Amass, accumulate, heap up …
49profusion — /prəˈfjuʒən/ (say pruh fyoohzhuhn) noun 1. abundance; wealth: the profusion of nature. 2. a great quantity or amount: a profusion of gifts. 3. lavish spending; extravagance …
50sack|ful — «SAK ful», noun, plural fuls. 1. enough to fill a sack. 2. Informal. a great quantity; large amount …
