mammoth
adjective/ˈmæməθ/
/ˈmæməθ/
[usually before noun]- extremely large synonym huge
- a mammoth task
- a financial crisis of mammoth proportions
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMammoth is used with these nouns:- proportion
- task
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Russian mamo(n)t, probably of Siberian origin.
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