albatross
nounUK /ˈæl.bə.trɒs/
US /ˈæl.bə.trɑːs/
A very big white bird with long wings that flies over the sea.
The albatross glided over the waves for hours without flapping its wings.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A problem or burden that keeps bothering you and holds you back.
The old debt became an albatross around his neck.
3. In golf, a score of three strokes under par on a single hole.
She made an albatross on the long par-five hole.
4. Something that brings bad luck or guilt, especially in stories.
In the famous poem, the sailor wears the dead albatross as a sign of his guilt.