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adjectiveextraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge. of or resembling a colossus. (initial capital letter)Architecture. noting or pertaining to a classical order whose columns or pilasters span two or more stories of a building. Origin of colossalFirst recorded in 1705–15; coloss(us) + -al1 synonym study for colossal1. See gigantic. OTHER WORDS FROM colossalcol·os·sal·i·ty [kol-uh-sal-i-tee], /ˌkɒl əˈsæl ɪ ti/, nounco·los·sal·ly, adverbsu·per·co·los·sal, adjectivesu·per·co·los·sal·ly, adverbWords nearby colossalcolor transparency, coloscope, coloscopy, colosigmoidostomy, Colossae, colossal, Colosseum, Colossian, Colossians, colossus, Colossus of Memnon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for colossalStanding around on top of the ground trying to get your arms around this colossal problem is futile. Junk Food Is Bad For Plants, Too - Issue 90: Something Green|Anne Biklé & David R. Montgomery|September 23, 2020|Nautilus At exactly two miles from the starting point, we turned to our right and saw a colossal pyramid dune the color of burnt parchment. I Tried to Climb the Largest Sand Dune in North America|Emily Pennington|September 22, 2020|Outside Online When Qwikster proved a colossal failure, the mistake was Hastings’s own. What if Your Company Had No Rules? (Bonus Episode)|Maria Konnikova|September 12, 2020|Freakonomics Not half a mile into the journey, I was surrounded by colossal redwoods. Redwood National Park Is Straight Out of 'Star Wars'|Emily Pennington|August 6, 2020|Outside Online
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British Dictionary definitions for colossal
adjectiveof immense size; huge; gigantic (in figure sculpture) approximately twice life-sizeCompare heroic (def. 7) Also: giant architect of or relating to the order of columns and pilasters that extend more than one storey in a façade Derived forms of colossalcolossally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to colossalhuge, enormous, monstrous, immense, mammoth, vast, jumbo, gigantic, gargantuan, blimp, elephantine, giant, humongous, mountainous, super, titanic, cyclopean, barn door, mondo |