CORNUCOPIA DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
cornucopia n 1: a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity [syn: horn of plenty, cornucopia] 2: the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" [syn: profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) cornucopia noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin cornu copiae horn of plenty Date: 1508 1. a curved goat's horn overflowing with fruit and ears of grain that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance 2. an inexhaustible store ; abundance 3. a receptacle shaped like a horn or cone • cornucopian adjective Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary cornucopia A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things. (LITERARY) ...a table festooned with a cornucopia of fruit. = abundance N-SING English Explanatory Dictionary cornucopia ˈkɔ:njuˈkəupjə n. 1 a a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn. b an ornamental vessel shaped like this. 2 an abundant supply. øøcornucopian adj. [LL f. L cornu copiae horn of plenty] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Cornucopia \Cor`nu*co"pi*a\ (k[^o]r`n[-u]*k[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n.; pl. Cornucopias (-[.a]z). [L. cornu copiae horn of plenty. See Horn, and Copious.] 1. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance. 2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form. Note: Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular, cornu copi[ae], and in the plural, cornua copi[ae]. Cornucopia, WI Zip code(s): 54827 Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms cornucopia n. [ Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 57 Moby Thesaurus words for "cornucopia": abundance, accumulation, amassment, backlog, bonanza, budget, collection, commissariat, commissary, cumulation, dump, endless supply, font, fount, fountain, gold mine, heap, hoard, horn of Amalthea, horn of plenty, inventory, larder, lode, mass, material, materials, materiel, mine, munitions, pile, plenitude, plenty, provisionment, provisions, quarry, rations, repertoire, repertory, resource, rick, source, source of supply, spring, stack, staple, stock, stock-in-trade, stockpile, store, stores, supplies, supply on hand, treasure, treasury, vein, well, wellspring |
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