Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

gorgon

 noun
     
gor‧gon [countable]
1

Gorgon

RM one of the three sisters in ancient Greek stories who had snakes on their heads that made anyone who looked at them change into stone
2 British English informal an ugly frightening woman
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary