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- Dictionarymammoth/ˈmaməθ/
noun
- 1. a large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks.
adjective
- 1. huge: "a mammoth corporation"
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MAMMOTH definition: 1. extremely large: 2. a type of large elephant, now extinct, that was covered in hair and had…. Learn more.
The meaning of MAMMOTH is any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair.
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You can use mammoth to emphasize that a task or change is very large and needs a lot of effort to achieve. [emphasis] ...the mammoth task of relocating the library. You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there. This mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.
The adjective mammoth is a great way to describe something really, really big, like those huge woolly elephants they’re still finding in the melting glaciers. The word mammoth is a pretty new one, dating back only to around 1700.
Mammoth definition: any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.. See examples of MAMMOTH used in a sentence.
adj. 1. Of enormous size, extent, or amount; huge. See Synonyms at enormous. 2. Of great scope or importance: mammoth expectations.
Meaning of mammoth – Learner’s Dictionary. mammoth. adjective. uk / ˈmæməθ / us. Add to word list. very large: a mammoth task / project. (Definition of mammoth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of mammoth. in Chinese (Traditional) 巨大的, 龐大的, 猛獁（象），毛象（現已絕種）… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)
MAMMOTH meaning: 1 : a type of large, hairy elephant that lived in ancient times and that had very long tusks that curved upward; 2 : something that is very large.
mammoth meaning, definition, what is mammoth: extremely large: Learn more.
noun. 1.a. 1706–. Any of various very large elephant-like mammals of the genus Mammuthus (family Elephantidae), typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks, which became extinct during the late Pleistocene period but are known from fossil remains, frozen carcasses, and Palaeolithic drawings in Eurasia and North America.
