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mammoth

/ˈmæməθ/noun, adjective2 syllables

Mammoth means: so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth.

Synonyms for mammoth7

adjective, as in so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth

gigantic, large, big

also used for mammoth

colossal, enormous, huge, titanic

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What does mammoth mean?2

adjective

1

so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth“a gigantic redwood”

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Mammoth in a sentence

  • The author's verbiage produced a document of mammoth size and microscopic import.unknown
  • Yanni found well over forty separate mammoth bones in the snow.Amastan
  • Why should we bring back the woolly mammoth?Amastan
  • A frozen mammoth has been found in Siberia.Hybrid
  • The mammoth is a fascinating animal. Too bad it's extinct.DJ_Saidez
  • Trying to spot bodies in the middle of a vast ocean is a mammoth task.Amastan
  • This willow-tree looks like a mammoth.maaster
  • Can the woolly mammoth be brought back?Amastan

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Forms of mammoth

as a noun

plural
mammoths