Of relatively large girth or circumference, or breadth or width, in comparison with length or height… Of a thing. Scottish in later use.

Of material things: Great in size, stout, massive, bulky; also rarely great in extent of surface. (In some of the quots. approximating to sense…

transferred. Of things: Thick, full-bodied, substantial; spec. of printing types. Also †to beat fat (Typog.): see quot. 1683. †Of the voice: Full.

Of huge proportions; massive, bulky.

Of things, in various transferred uses. Formidable in bulk, massive. Obsolete.

Of things inanimate: Strong; stoutly built; massive. Obsolete.

Of a physical object: forming or consisting of a large mass; having great size and weight or solidity; impressively or unusually large.

Massive, solid, bulky.

Thick, stout, massive, big. Obsolete.

Consisting of a large mass or masses of heavy material; of great size and weight; massive. Of a building: consisting of great blocks of masonry.

Of a thing: big and strong; sturdy; resilient. Also figurative. Now rare.

Resembling a mountain or mountains in size or shape; huge, enormous. Also figurative.

In extended use (esp. of non-material things): comparable to a monument in massiveness or permanence; vast, stupendous; (of a work of art or…

Resembling a mountain in size or shape; huge, enormous. Chiefly poetic.

Massive, substantial, large. Obsolete.

Massive as a (weaver's) beam; cf. beam, n.1 4.

Of or relating to matter or substance; formed or consisting of matter. In early use: †earthly (obsolete).

figurative. Like a vast mountain in weight and bulk; enormous, gigantic.

Solid, bulky; large, chunky. Also: dense in texture (also figurative).

figurative. Resembling a monolith; massive; immovable; solidly uniform. Cf. monolithic, adj. 3.