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elephantnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈel.ɪ.fənt/us/ˈel.ə.fənt/

A2 a very large grey mammal that has a trunk (= long nose) with which it can pick things up

Examples

  • Measures must be taken to protect the world's depleted elephant population.
  • In the past eight years, the elephant population in Africa has been halved.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Wild mammals

  • aardvark
  • anteater
  • armadillo
  • bandicoot
  • big beast
  • giant panda
  • giraffe
  • grizzly bear
  • hedgehog
  • hippopotamus
  • panda
  • platypus
  • polar bear
  • polecat
  • porcupine
  • tapir
  • tusker
  • vampire bat
  • wallaby
  • weasel

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Examples from literature

  • A baby elephant gets milk from its mother. 
  • Although motor transportation is often used today, elephants are still an important way to travel. 
  • And an elephant is inside its mother for 22 months. 
  • But a female elephant stays with her mother. 
  • Do you think zoo keepers feed elephants and play with monkeys all the time? 
  • During adolescence, a male elephant leaves its mother and goes with a group of other young males. 
  • Now, some people have started green tourist projects that keep elephants safe and give them good living conditions. 
  • Thailand is also famous for another unusual type of transportation: elephants! 
  • That cloud in the sky looks like an elephant! 
  • That night the elephant was warm and happy. 
  • A train of elephants could have crossed it in safety and comfort. 
  • Bunny and Sue saw the elephants, the camels, the lions, and the tigers. 
  • It is perhaps the largest of land animals, with the exception of the elephant. 
  • Sometimes the elephants are not used to hunting tigers, and when they see the savage beasts they turn and run. 
  • The elephant when tamed is an animal most gentle and most easily led to do whatever he is directed. 

Idiom(s)

an elephant in the room

elephantnoun [ C ]

us/ˈel·ə·fənt/

a very large, gray animal that has a trunk (= long nose) with which it can pick things up

Idiom(s)

the elephant in the room

elephantnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈelɪfənt/usinformal

a very large organization, often one that is slow to do things or react to events:

The elephant banks were once thought to be too large to fail.
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white elephant
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