What is the meaning of mammoth?

noun

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

adjective

  • So exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth.
    • usage: "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation"
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