Meaning of the word mammoth in English

What does mammoth mean in English? Explore the meaning, pronunciation, and specific usage of this word with Lingoland.

mammoth

US /ˈmæm.əθ/

UK /ˈmæm.əθ/

a large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with long curved tusks

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The museum has a skeleton of a woolly mammoth.

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Scientists are studying the DNA of a frozen mammoth.

very large; huge

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The company undertook a mammoth task of rebuilding the entire system.

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It was a mammoth effort to move all the furniture by hand.

Synonym:

huge enormous gigantic colossal massive

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