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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. large in volume or bulk;
- Example: "a voluminous skirt"

2. marked by repeated turns and bends;
- Example: "a tortuous road up the mountain"
- Example: "winding roads are full of surprises"
- Example: "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
[syn: tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous]

3. large in number or quantity (especially of discourse);
- Example: "she took copious notes"
- Example: "a subject of voluminous legislation"
[syn: copious, voluminous]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Voluminous \Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F. volumineux.] Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions. [1913 Webster] But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long since fallen. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] (b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] (c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections of Muratori are voluminous. [1913 Webster] (d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer. [1913 Webster] -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

voluminous adj 1: large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt" 2: marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track" [syn: tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous] 3: large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation" [syn: copious, voluminous]