ALL meanings of mammoth
mam·moth
M m - noun mammoth any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth. 1
- adjective mammoth immensely large; huge; enormous: a mammoth organization. 1
- noun mammoth extinct hairy elephant 1
- adjective mammoth enormous 1
- noun mammoth A large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks. 1
- noun mammoth Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia. 0
- noun mammoth (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A mastodon. 0
- noun mammoth (figuratively) Something very large of its kind. 0
- adjective mammoth Comparable to a mammoth in its size; very large, huge, gigantic. 0
- adjective mammoth You can use mammoth to emphasize that a task or change is very large and needs a lot of effort to achieve. 0
- countable noun mammoth 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. 0
- noun mammoth any large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene genus Mammuthus (or Elephas), such as M. primigenius (woolly mammoth), having a hairy coat and long curved tusks 0
- adjective mammoth of gigantic size or importance 0
- noun mammoth any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct elephants with a hairy skin and long tusks curving upward: remains have been found in North America, Europe, and Asia 0
- adjective mammoth very big; huge; enormous 0