Associations to the word «Colossal»

Wiktionary

COLOSSAL, adjective. Extremely large or on a great scale.
COLOSSAL SQUID, noun. An enormous squid, of the subfamily Taoniinae, of which few specimens have been studied.
COLOSSAL SQUIDS, noun. Plural of colossal squid

Dictionary definition

COLOSSAL, adjective. So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats