jungle
A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest.
Other meanings
A tangled mess.
A style of electronic dance music and precursor of drum and bass.
Related words
- jungled
- junglefowl
- jungleless
- junglelike
- jungleside
- junglewear
- junglewood
- junglism
- junglist
- nonjungle
- underjungle
- asphalt jungle
Example sentences
Word history
From Sanskrit "जङ्गल" (arid or sterile region, desert).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “jungle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.