- something very large, esp a statue
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
co•los•sus /kəˈlɑsəs/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -los•si /-ˈlɑsaɪ/USA pronunciation -los•sus•es.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- any statue of gigantic size.
- anyone or anything gigantic:a superpower that once was the colossus of the modern world.
co•los•sus
(kə los′əs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -los•si (-los′ī),USA pronunciation -los•sus•es.
- Antiquity(cap.) the legendary bronze statue of Helios at Rhodes. Cf. Seven Wonders of the World.
- any statue of gigantic size.
- anything colossal, gigantic, or very powerful.
- a pre-Hellenic Mediterranean language
- Greek kolossós statue, image, presumably
- Latin
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
colossus /kəˈlɒsəs/ n ( pl -si /-saɪ/, -suses)
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