Definitions for jumboˈdʒʌm boʊ
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jum•boˈdʒʌm boʊ(n.; adj.)(pl.)-bos
(n.)a person, animal, or thing very large of its kind.
Category: Informal
(adj.)very large:
the jumbo box of cereal.
Category: Informal
Origin of jumbo:
1800–10; orig. uncert.; popularized as the name of a large elephant purchased and exhibited by P.T. Barnum in 1882
Princeton's WordNet
elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo(adj)
of great mass; huge and bulky
"a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"
Wiktionary
jumbo(Noun)
An especially large or powerful person, animal or thing.
jumbo(Noun)
A popular name for an elephant.
jumbo(Adjective)
Especially large or powerful.
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