gigantic, mammoth
(adjective) so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; “a gigantic redwood”; “gigantic disappointment”; “a mammoth ship”; “a mammoth multinational corporation”
mammoth
(noun) any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mammoth (plural mammoths)
Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
(obsolete) A mastodon.
(figuratively) Something very large of its kind.
mammoth (comparative more mammoth, superlative most mammoth)
Comparable to a mammoth in its size; very large, huge, gigantic.
• (very large): colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge, titanic
• See also gigantic
Source: Wiktionary
Mam"moth, n. Etym: [Russ. mâmont, mámant, fr. Tartar mamma the earth. Certain Tartar races, the Tungooses and Yakoots, believed that the mammoth worked its way in the earth like a mole.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Elephas primigenius), of enormous size, remains of which are found in the northern parts of both continents. The last of the race, in Europe, were coeval with prehistoric man.
Note: Several specimens have been found in Siberia preserved entire, with the flesh and hair remaining. They were imbedded in the ice cliffs at a remote period, and became exposed by the melting of the ice.
Mam"moth, a.
Definition: Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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