TOP

Definition of jumbo adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

jumbo

adjective
 
/ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/
 
/ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/
[only before noun] (informal)
jump to other results
  1. very large; larger than usual
    • a jumbo pack of cornflakes
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryJumbo is used with these nouns:
    • jet
    See full entry
    Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally of a person): probably the second element of mumbo-jumbo. Originally denoting a large and clumsy person, the term became popular as the name of an elephant at London Zoo, which was sold in 1882 to the Barnum and Bailey circus.
See jumbo in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Other results

All matches
previously
adverb
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 3000
B1
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day