behemoth
noun/bɪˈhiːməθ/
/bɪˈhiːməθ/
(formal)- something that is very big and powerful, especially a company or organization
- a multinational corporate behemoth
- She works in a seventy-storey behemoth in Manhattan.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Hebrew běhēmōt̲, intensive plural of běhēmāh ‘beast’.Want to learn more?
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