Definitions for elephant

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elephant el·e·phant

Spelling: [el-uh-fuh nt]

IPA: /ˈɛl ə fənt/

Elephant is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 266 anagrams from letters in elephant (aeehlnpt).

Definitions for elephant

noun

1. either of two large, five-toed pachyderms of the family Elephantidae, characterized by a long, prehensile trunk formed of the nose and upper lip, including Loxodonta africana (African elephant) with enormous flapping ears, two fingerlike projections at the end of the trunk, and ivory tusks, and Elephas maximus (Indian elephant) with smaller ears, one projection at the end of the trunk, and ivory tusks almost exclusively in males: L. africana is threatened; E. maximus is endangered.
2. a representation of this animal, used in the U.S. since 1874 as the emblem of the Republican Party.
3. white elephant.
4. Chiefly British. a size of drawing or writing paper, 23 × 28 inches (58 × 71 cm).

Origin of elephant

1250-1300; Middle English (Anglo-French) Latin elephantus Greek elephant- (stem of eléphās) elephant; replacing Middle English olifaunt Anglo-French Vulgar Latin *olifantus, for Latin elephan

Examples for elephant

The gentle, erudite soul within a body the public considered an oddity is the contrast at the heart of “The elephant Man.”

These attack you—but run—at least the tiger, not the elephant, when you go out after him.

Asked how he knew that an elephant was going on a journey, the illustrious Jo.

People have so much to say about an ant's strength, and an elephant's, and a locomotive's.

New-Haven enjoys an elephant that has corns, and is about to be operated on by a chiropodist.

So I felt, great, I went to James Bond and he said no, so I can now go to the doctor from The elephant Man.

Marcel the elephant takes readers on a journey through his life, recounting his memories full of travel and adventure.

He will never fly at your elephant, or climb a tree, or take to the water after you!

Which brings us to the elephant in the room—the rapacious advance of online bookselling, personified by Amazon.

The blood ivory trade caters to a small but hungry segment in China, yet grassroots efforts for elephant conservation do exist.