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BNC: 19410 COCA: 15512

jumbo

jumbo /ˈʤʌmboʊ/ adjective
jumbo
/ˈʤʌmboʊ/
adjective
Learner's definition of JUMBO
always used before a noun
: very large特大的;巨型的
BNC: 19410 COCA: 15512

jumbo

noun

jum·​bo ˈjəm-(ˌ)bō How to pronounce jumbo (audio)
plural jumbos
: a very large specimen of its kind
jumbo adjective

Example Sentences

the winner in the contest for biggest pumpkin was a jumbo that weighed in at over a thousand pounds
Recent Examples on the Web And their size — and the size of everything around them, like jumbo-sized ferns in the understory — can mess with your sense of scale. Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022 Each set comes with 20 bags (six medium, five large, five jumbo, two small, and two roll-up bags), along with a hand pump. Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 14 Feb. 2022 While the show’s jumbo-sized fourth outing is the scariest one yet, horror is not its only defining genre characteristic. Josh Weiss, Forbes, 17 June 2022 Red Dirt Boys kicked in and Harris trotted onstage, picked up her jumbo acoustic and stepped to the mic. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 14 May 2022 On a $1 million jumbo, the difference between 3.31% and 5.08% adds $1,032. Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 2022 With so much filling, these jumbo treats only fit four cookies in each package. Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com, 12 Apr. 2022 Also Rockefeller Butterfish, Alaskan Sablefish topped with creamy spinach and jumbo lump crab and its Baja scallops and shrimp scampi pasta filled with tender bay scallops, tossed with shrimp in a garlic scampi sauce over linguini. Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 28 Feb. 2022 The medium bags are capable of holding eight to ten sweaters, while the jumbo can fit an entire set of queen-size bedding. Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 14 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Jumbo, a huge elephant exhibited by P. T. Barnum

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jumbo was in 1883
BNC: 19410 COCA: 15512

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