JUMBO

elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo

(adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky; ā€œa jumbo jetā€; ā€œjumbo shrimpā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

jumbo (not comparable)

Especially large or powerful.

Noun

jumbo (plural jumbos)

An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.

(engineering) A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock.

Synonym: drilling jumbo

Etymology 2

Noun

jumbo (plural jumbos)

(paganism, historical) Short for mumbo jumbo.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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