MAMMOTH


Meaning of MAMMOTH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mæməθ ]

( mammoths)

1.

You can use mammoth to emphasize that a task or change is very large and needs a lot of effort to achieve.

...the mammoth task of relocating the library...

= massive

ADJ : usu ADJ n [ emphasis ]

2.

A mammoth was an animal like an elephant, with very long tusks and long hair, that lived a long time ago but no longer exists.

N-COUNT

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