cornucopia
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- noun
- /ˌkɔrnəˈkoʊpiə/
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cornucopia
- The market was a cornucopia of fresh fruits and vegetables, attracting shoppers from all over town.
- a cornucopia of information
Go forth to a cornucopia of gifts and gratitude.
- Go forth to a cornucopia of gifts and gratitude.
- You just won't have the cornucopia of bacteria in your gut because you're just, you're eating this very restrictive diet.
- Filling me, man, Filling my cornucopia.
Examples
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Inside dark warehouses and silos, the chemical protects a cornucopia of produce and grain from voracious insects.
Academic text (1995) -
Mother Nature's vast cornucopia fills our visual landscape with a panoramic display of natural colors.
Blog text (3) -
Was not America the greatest cornucopia the world had ever known?
Fiction book (2001) -
It's always been an incredible cornucopia of marine life.
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A precious cornucopia of creative energy.
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Our own area is blessed with a rich cornucopia, if you will, of wildlife.
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The world economy delivered a cornucopia of goods to the planet's peoples.
Academic text (1999) -
The Web's cornucopia of information has already had a dramatic impact on education.
Academic text (1999) -
Our good friend William George Jordan offers up a veritable cornucopia of powerful thoughts.
Blog text (23) -
The word occasionally appears personified on imperial coins as a woman holding a cornucopia and palm branch, a symbol of the joyous prosperity fostered by the emperors.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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3.4
A large amount of detail, color, or variety that pleases people
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A very large amount of something
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A large amount of something that you can use
A large amount of something
A large amount of something like food or goods
Antonyms
How Abundant
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word cornucopia comes from the Latin parts cornu 'horn' and copia 'plenty', so imagine a horn that always gives more, a 'horn of plenty' overflowing with good things. That's why cornucopia now means a very large or rich supply of good things.