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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024jum•bo /ˈdʒʌmboʊ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -bos, adj. n. [countable] - Informal Termsone that is very large of its kind, as a very large jet airplane.
adj. [usually: before a noun] - Informal Termsvery large:a jumbo box of cereal.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jum•bo ( jum′bō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bos, adj. [Informal.] n. - Informal Termsa very large person, animal, or thing.
- Informal Terms, AeronauticsSee jumbo jet.
- Informal Terms, NauticalU.S. Naut.
- a forestaysail having a boom (jum′bo boom′) along its foot, used esp. on schooners.
- a sail used in place of a course on a square-rigged ship, having the form of an isosceles triangle set apex downward.
- a narrow triangular sail set point downward in place of a foresail on a topsail schooner.
adj. - Informal Termsvery large:the jumbo box of cereal.
- 1800–10; origin, originally uncertain; popularized as the name of a large elephant purchased and exhibited by P.T. Barnum in 1882
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: jumbo /ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/ n ( pl -bos)- informal a very large person or thing
- (as modifier): a jumbo box of detergent
- See jumbo jet
Etymology: 19th Century: after the name of a famous elephant exhibited by P. T. Barnum, from Swahili jumbe chief |