Mammoth - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmæməθ|  American pronunciation of the word mammoth
Brit.  |ˈmæməθ|  British pronunciation of the word mammoth

noun

- any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks

adjective

- so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth (syn: gigantic)
a mammoth ship
a mammoth multinational corporation

Extra examples

...even as sport-utility vehicles go, that one is a mammoth...

Renovating the house is a mammoth undertaking.

...a mammoth book with color plates of birds native to North America...

Reforming the prison system would be a mammoth task.

...Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is actually a series of large chambers on five levels....

...two sumo wrestlers grappling like a pair of mammoth bears...

Word forms

noun
singular: mammoth
plural: mammoths
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