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elephantine - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'elephantine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Elephantine [ a.]
- Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.

Meaning of 'elephantine' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . elephantine [ s]
Meaning (1):
- of great mass; huge and bulky
Example in sentence:
  • a jumbo jet;
  • jumbo shrimp