Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   behemoth

   /bɪˈhiːməθ/

   noun

   • 1. a huge or monstrous creature: "behemoths like the brontosaurus"
   • ▪ something enormous, especially a large and powerful organization: "shoppers are now more loyal to their local shops than to faceless behemoths"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Hebrew bĕhēmōṯ, intensive plural of bĕhēmāh ‘beast’.

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • H

     4

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points