albatross
(ælbətrɒs , US -trɔːs )
Word forms: albatrosses
1. countable noun
An albatross is a very large white seabird.
2. countable noun
If you describe something or someone as an albatross around your neck, you mean that they cause you great problems from which you cannot escape, or they prevent you from doing what you want to do. [disapproval]
Privatization could become a political albatross for the ruling party.
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