Giant
Giant , noun
[Old English giant, geant, geaunt, Old French jaiant, geant, French géant, Latin gigas, from Greek {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, from the root of English gender, genesis. See Gender, and compare Gigantic.]
1.
A man of extraordinary bulk and stature.
Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise.
2.
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
3.
Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.
Collocations (1)
Giant's Causeway , a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.
Giant , adjective
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.
Collocations (8)
Giant clam (Zoology) , a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water.
Giant heron (Zoology) , a very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known.
Giant kettle , a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole.
Giant powder , See Nitroglycerin.
Giant puffball (Botany) , a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds.
Giant salamander (Zoology) , a very large aquatic salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
Giant squid (Zoology) , one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.