All 6 Uses of
massive
in
Queen of Babble
- Arcing out from the circular driveway is a wide lawn dotted with huge, elegant oak trees, a massive swimming pool—lit up and gleaming like a sapphire in the night—and a scattering of white wrought-iron lawn furniture.†
massive = very large
- Chaz, striding out from the shadows of one of the massive trees, demands.†
- I dart across the hall into an ancient bathroom that comes complete with a massive claw-foot tub and a toilet with a wooden seat and one of those chain-pull flushers.†
- As I come into the high-ceilinged—but still old-fashioned—kitchen, I smile at Agnès and her mother when they look up from the supper they're sharing at the massive butcher-block table.†
- "You could use one of the burners," I suggest, pointing at the massive—and ancient—stove in the corner.†
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- I have to hang on to keep from being thrown around the massive front seat.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(massive) very large in size, number, or effect
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In geology, massive can refer to a type of rock rather than the size of a rock.