jungle

Definitions


[ˈdʒʌŋɡl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an area of land overgrown with dense forest and tangled vegetation, typically in the tropics
(e.g: we set off into the jungle)

- a style of dance music incorporating elements of ragga, hip-hop, and hard core and consisting of very fast electronic drum tracks and slower synthesized bass lines, originating in Britain in the early 1990s


Phrases:
- the law of the jungle

Origin:
late 18th century: via Hindi from Sanskrit jāṅgala ‘rough and arid (terrain)’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries