massedmassed /mæst/ adjective [only before noun]Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
A massed choir of anti-cuts protesters drowns speeches.
Instead, the pitch was taken over by massed Southend fans demanding the resignation of chairman Vic Jobson.
It was a symbolic moment, duly captured and enshrined by the massed bank of press photographers.
Planted in groups, the massed effect is quite stunning and rivals any massed Herbaceous border for elegance and appeal.
She saw the leather coffer, with its massed jewellery ...
They are agreed, or vetoed, by the massed staff of the university known as Congregation.
They cut a swathe through the massed black-clad warriors, and then turning swiftly trampled back over their disorganized ranks.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►massed ranks/forces
I look around me at the massed ranks of reporters.
►massed choir/band
British English (=several choirs or bands singing or playing together as one large group)
in a large groupmassed ranks/forces I look around me at the massed ranks of reporters.massed choir/band British English (=several choirs or bands singing or playing together as one large group)