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jum·bo
jumbo
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- pronunciation:
- juhm
bo
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word History
part of speech: |
noun |
inflections: |
jumbos |
definition: |
(informal) something that is very large.
- synonyms:
- behemoth, colossus, giant, leviathan, monster
- similar words:
- Brobdingnagian, titan
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related words: |
giant |
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part of speech: |
adjective |
definition: |
very large.
jumbo olives- synonyms:
- Brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, huge, mammoth, monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, titanic, tremendous
- similar words:
- big, herculean, large, oversize
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related words: |
colossal, huge, monster, monstrous |
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Jumbo comes from the name of a twelve-foot-tall, six-and-a-half-ton elephant owned by the circus showman, P.T. Barnum. Earlier, it was a slang word for a clumsy person.
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