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Thesaurus: gross

Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.

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  1. superl. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
  2. superl. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
  3. superl. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
  4. superl. Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
  5. superl. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
  6. superl. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
  7. superl. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net.
  8. a. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.
  9. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
  10. adj. before any deductions
  11. adj. lacking fine distinctions or detail
  12. adj. repellently fat