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- Dictionarymam·moth/ˈmaməTH/
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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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.
MAMMOTH definition: 1. extremely large: 2. a type of large elephant, now extinct, that was covered in hair and had…. Learn more.
Any of various extinct elephants of the genus Mammuthus, having long, upwardly curving tusks and thick hair. Mammoths grew to great size and lived throughout the Northern Hemisphere during the Ice Age.
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 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 definition: Any of various extinct elephants of the genus Mammuthus of the Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene Epochs, having ridged molars and often, as in the woolly mammoth, long tusks and hair.
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) 巨大的, 庞大的, 猛犸（象），毛象（现已绝种）…. See more. in Spanish. gigantesco, mamut, descomunal….
Definition of mammoth noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Of enormous size, extent, or amount; huge. See Synonyms at enormous. 2. Of great scope or importance: mammoth expectations.
Definition of 'mammoth' Word Frequency. mammoth. (mæməθ ) Word forms: plural mammoths. 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.
