adjective / noun
jumbo
JUM-boh/dʒˈʌmboʊ/
Much larger than the usual size.
The jumbo muffin towers over two ordinary muffins.
Etymology
Jumbo was the name of a huge elephant exhibited at London Zoo and later by Barnum. His name became a general adjective for something unusually large, including an oversized product.
In context
the product is packed in 25 kg or 50 kg bags or in jumbo bags weighing up to 1 ton
More examples
- They ordered a jumbo carton.
- A jumbo jet waited at the gate.
- The store sells both regulars and jumbos.
Forms
jumbo · jumbos
Similar words
- oversized
- Oversized can suggest inconvenient excess.
- giant
- Giant is broader and often more emphatic.