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    jum·bo
    /ˈjəmbō/

    noun

    • 1. a very large person or thing.

    adjective

    • 1. very large: "a jumbo pad"

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  2. adjective [ before noun ] uk / ˈdʒʌm.bəʊ / us / ˈdʒʌm.boʊ / Add to word list. extremely large: a jumbo bag of sweets. a jumbo- sized packet. Synonyms. astronomical (LARGE) informal. big (LARGE) colossal. enormous. gargantuan. giant. gigantic. ginormous informal. great (BIG) hefty. huge. immense. large. mahoosive UK informal. mammoth. massive.

  3. adjective [ before noun ] us / ˈdʒʌm.boʊ / uk / ˈdʒʌm.bəʊ / Add to word list. extremely large: a jumbo bag of candy. a jumbo- sized bag. Synonyms. astronomical (LARGE) informal. big (LARGE) colossal. enormous. gargantuan. giant. gigantic. ginormous informal. great (BIG) hefty. huge. immense. large. mahoosive UK informal. mammoth. massive.

  4. A jumbo or a jumbo jet is a very large jet aircraft that can carry several hundred passengers. American English : jumbo / dˈʒʌmboʊ / Brazilian Portuguese : avião jumbo

  5. Jumbo definition: a very large person, animal, or thing.. See examples of JUMBO used in a sentence.

  6. : a very large specimen of its kind. jumbo adjective. Synonyms. behemoth. blockbuster. colossus. dinosaur. dreadnought. elephant. giant. Goliath. leviathan. mammoth. mastodon. monster. titan. whale. whopper. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of jumbo in a Sentence.

  7. Jumbo is an informal adjective that describes anything enormous. You might spy the word on a menu at a seafood restaurant that serves " jumbo shrimp," or hear it when you're boarding a massive " jumbo jet."

  8. adjective [ always before noun ] uk / ˈdʒʌmbəʊ / us. Add to word list. extra large: a jumbo bag of sweets. (Definition of jumbo from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of jumbo. in Chinese (Traditional) 特大(號)的, 巨型的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 特大(号)的, 巨型的… See more. in Portuguese. gigante… See more.

  9. noun. jumbos. A very large person, animal, or thing. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A popular name for an elephant. Wiktionary. Synonyms: whopper. leviathan. goliath. giant. behemoth. monster. mammoth. titan. adjective. Very large; larger than usual of its kind. A jumbo jet airliner. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms:

  10. Define jumbo. jumbo synonyms, jumbo pronunciation, jumbo translation, English dictionary definition of jumbo. n. pl. jum·bos An unusually large person, animal, or thing. adj. Unusually large: jumbo shrimp; a jumbo jet.

  11. jumbo / ˈdʒʌmbəʊ / n (pl-bos) informal a very large person or thing (as modifier): a jumbo box of detergent; See jumbo jet; Etymology: 19 th Century: after the name of a famous elephant exhibited by P. T. Barnum, from Swahili jumbe chief '

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