English Explanatory Dictionary

elephant's foot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Certain plants resembling the foot of an elephant. of species:
  2. Adenia pechuelii.
  3. Beaucarnea recurvata.
  4. Dioscorea elephantipes.
  5. Any plant of the genus Elephantopus.
  6. An octagonal design typical of Turkmen rugs.
  7. A half-length, waist-high sleeping bag.
  8. A type of step stool with concealed spring-loaded castors allowing the step to be easily moved.
name
  1. A large mass of corium beneath the remains of Reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which was produced by its meltdown during the Chernobyl disaster of 1986.

Word forms

elephant's foot the Elephant's Foot

Etymology

Calque of Russian Слоно́вья нога́ (Slonóvʹja nogá), in reference to its bulky mass and wrinkled appearance which resembles the foot of an elephant.

Synonyms

Hottentot bread
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