Year by year such mammoths as Boulder Dam pile up the sediment that makes their reservoirs shallower (Harper's).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
mam — grand·mam·my; MAM; mam·ba; mam·e·lière; mam·e·lon; mam·e·lu·co; mam·luk; mam·mal; mam·ma·lia; mam·ma·lif·er·ous; mam·mal·i·ty; mam·ma·log,i·cal; mam·mal·o·gist; mam·mal·o·gy; mam·ma·plas·ty; mam·ma·ry; mam·mate; mam·ma·to·cumulus; mam·ma·tus;… … English syllables
moth — grand·moth·er; grand·moth·er·ly; moth; moth·er·hood; moth·er·less; moth·er·li·ness; moth·er·um·bung; moth·ery; step·moth·er·ly; be·he·moth; mam·moth; moth·er; moth·er·ly; be·he·moth·i·an; moth·er·less·ly; moth·er·less·ness; moth·er·um·bah; … English syllables
mammoth — mam·moth … English syllables
mammoth — mam|moth1 [ mæməθ ] adjective very large: a mammoth task mammoth mam|moth 2 [ mæməθ ] noun count an animal similar to an elephant with long hair that lived a very long time ago … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mammoth — mam•moth [[t]ˈmæm əθ[/t]] n. 1) pal any extinct true elephant of the family Elephantidae, esp. of the Pleistocene genus Mammuthus Compare mastodon 2) anything very large 3) very large; enormous • Etymology: 1690–1700; < Russ mam(m) ot; orig.… … From formal English to slang
Mammoth Cave National Park — Mam′moth Cave′ Na′tional Park′ n. geg a national park in central Kentucky: limestone caverns. 79 sq. mi. (205 sq. km) … From formal English to slang
Elephas primigenius — Mammoth Mam moth (m[a^]m m[o^]th), n. [Russ. m[^a]mont, m[ a]mant, fr. Tartar mamma the earth. Certain Tartar races, the Tungooses and Yakoots, believed that the mammoth worked its way in the earth like a mole.] (Zo[ o]l.) An extinct, hairy,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mammoth — Mam moth (m[a^]m m[o^]th), a. Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mammoth — Mam moth (m[a^]m m[o^]th), n. [Russ. m[^a]mont, m[ a]mant, fr. Tartar mamma the earth. Certain Tartar races, the Tungooses and Yakoots, believed that the mammoth worked its way in the earth like a mole.] (Zo[ o]l.) An extinct, hairy, maned… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mammuthus primigenius — Mammoth Mam moth (m[a^]m m[o^]th), n. [Russ. m[^a]mont, m[ a]mant, fr. Tartar mamma the earth. Certain Tartar races, the Tungooses and Yakoots, believed that the mammoth worked its way in the earth like a mole.] (Zo[ o]l.) An extinct, hairy,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
