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mammoth Definition

mam·moth (mamət̸h)

noun

any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct elephants with a hairy skin and long tusks curving upward: remains have been found in North America, Europe, and Asia

Etymology: altered < Russ mamont, mammot < Yakut mamont, prob. < mama, earth: from the notion that the animal had burrowed in the ground

adjective

very big; huge; enormous

mammoth Synonyms

mammoth

modif.

gigantic, immense, enormous; see high 1, large 1, enormous. See syn. study at enormous.

mammoth Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • think: I didn't think Mammoths could ever hold a candle to a well-trained battle horse.
  • find: We have found mammoths quick frozen which suggests that there was an instant cooling period.

Adjective modifier

  • wooly: Shoot the three wooly mammoths to get extra lives.
  • frozen: Even the famed frozen mammoths get a look in ( the box is charmingly entitled ' ancient guts ' ).
  • early: Early Pleistocene mammoths were extremely large, but the animals got notably smaller over time.

Modifies a noun

  • tusk: Sections of mammoth tusks have been discovered in local gravel pits.
  • task: Such a mammoth task will take Friends of the Ionian several months to complete.
  • undertaking: The Authors tell us that the preparation of the 2005 edition of Blackstone's Criminal Practice has been a mammoth undertaking.
  • tooth: The problems begin with earlier isolated artifacts such as the ` engraved ' mammoth tooth from Tata, Hungary.
  • proportion: Tony Byrne Guitar Born in Dublin in 1979, Tony Byrne is a musician of mammoth proportions.
  • bone: A closer look shows the mammoth bones being excavated.

Modifying Another Word

  • truly: A truly mammoth televisual operation was at its end.
  • pretty: Divers installed some of the essential lane cable anchor points in the finish area - a pretty mammoth project all round!

Noun used with modifier

  • PC: It is an accomplished product which will be serious competition for comparable Windows laptops from PC mammoths like Dell and HP.

Preposition: in

  • size: Gone are the days when the desktop were mammoth in size and monitors of the size of televisions.

Browse dictionary entries near mammoth

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