Definition of "mammoth" []

• Any of various large, hairy, extinct elephants of the genus Mammuthus, especially the woolly mammoth. (noun)
• Something of great size. (noun)
• Of enormous size; huge. See Synonyms at enormous. (adjective)

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• "And suddenly the term mammoth, no longer just referring to an animal, meant anything big."
• "We hunted large game; a mammoth is a risky proposition."
• "They were his picture books, and he could take one in hand, perhaps a sketch of the great hairy elephant which we call the mammoth, and show it around the circle and then tell the story of that hunt."