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Definition of colossus noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

colossus

noun

NAmE//kəˈlɑsəs//

1[singular] (formal) a person or thing that is extremely important or large in size

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2[countable] (pl. colossi

NAmE//kəˈlɑsaɪ//

) an extremely large statue the Colossi of Memnon

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