jungle

  • 21jungle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dense, impenetrable, thick ▪ lush ▪ the lush jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula ▪ tropical ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 22jungle — jun|gle [ˈdʒʌŋgəl] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Hindi; Origin: jangal forest , from Sanskrit jangala] 1.) [U and C] a thick tropical forest with many large plants growing very close together ▪ the Amazon jungle 2.) [singular] a situation in which it is… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23jungle — jun|gle [ dʒʌŋgl ] noun * 1. ) count or uncount a thick tropical forest: the Amazon jungle a jungle clearing/track/camp We had to cut our way through dense jungle. 2. ) singular a yard or other place that has a lot of plants in it that are not… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 24jungle — jungled, adj. /jung geuhl/, n. 1. a wild land overgrown with dense vegetation, often nearly impenetrable, esp. tropical vegetation or a tropical rain forest. 2. a tract of such land. 3. a wilderness of dense overgrowth; a piece of swampy,… …

    Universalium

  • 25jungle — n. tropical forest 1) a dense; tropical jungle dangerous place 2) an asphalt, concrete; blackboard jungle * * * [ dʒʌŋg(ə)l] blackboard jungle concrete tropical jungle [ dangerous place ] an asphalt [ tropical forest ] a dense …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 26jungle — noun 1 (C, U) a thick tropical forest with many large plants growing very close together 2 (singular) a place that is very untidy and where a lot of things have been placed close together: This place is turning into a jungle already. 3 (singular) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27jungle — n 1. forest, timberland, tropical or rain forest, wildwood, woods, wilderness, wilds, the bush, Inf. the brush. 2. jumble, heap, mass, agglomeration, bunch, mess, huddle, pile; tangle, tumble, disarray, chaos, confusion; hodgepodge, hotchpotch,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 28jungle — n. 1 a land overgrown with underwood or tangled vegetation, esp. in the tropics. b an area of such land. 2 a wild tangled mass. 3 a place of bewildering complexity or confusion, or of a struggle for survival (blackboard jungle). Phrases and… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 29jungle — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Hindi jaṅgal & Urdu jangal forest, from Sanskrit jaṅgala desert region Date: 1776 1. a. an impenetrable thicket or tangled mass of tropical vegetation b. a tract overgrown with thickets or masses of… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 30Jungle — Jun|gle auch: Jung|le 〈[ dʒʌ̣ŋl] m.; od. s; unz.; Mus.〉 eine Stilrichtung des Technos mit Rap u. Reggaeelementen [engl., „Dschungel“] * * * Jungle   [ dʒʌȖgl; englisch »Dschungel«], Anfang der 1990er Jahre im ethnischen Underground Londons… …

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