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# jumbo

adjective (jumbo); noun (a jumbo, jumbos)

«jumbo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Jumbo means very large, bigger than usual. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumbo/#m1)
2. A jumbo, or jumbo jet, is a very big passenger plane, like the Boeing 747. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumbo/#m2)
3. (a name) Jumbo was a famous huge elephant in the 1800s, shown at London Zoo and in an American circus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumbo/#m3)

### In the lessons

Everyday shopping: «jumbo pack», «jumbo crayons», «jumbo hot dog». Travel: «a jumbo jet». It tells the reader something is extra big.

### Examples

- We bought a jumbo pack of crayons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumbo/#x1)
- The jumbo jet carried over 400 people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumbo/#x2)
- He ate a jumbo hot dog at the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumbo/#x3)
- Jumbo the elephant was famous long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumbo/#x4)
- Our class made a jumbo birthday card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumbo/#x5)
- The shop sells jumbo bags of popcorn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumbo/#x6)

### Note

Plural: jumbos. Informal, mostly in adverts and talk. The word «jumbo» for big things comes from the elephant's name.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jumbo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumbo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jumbo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jumbo.html) on Mova free.