CORNUCOPIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cornucopia mean? 

• CORNUCOPIA (noun)
  The noun CORNUCOPIA has 2 senses:

1. a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity

2. the property of being extremely abundant

  Familiarity information: CORNUCOPIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORNUCOPIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cornucopia; horn of plenty

Hypernyms ("cornucopia" is a kind of...):

symbol; symbolic representation; symbolisation; symbolization (something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of being extremely abundant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

cornucopia; profuseness; profusion; richness

Context example:

the idiomatic richness of English

Hypernyms ("cornucopia" is a kind of...):

abundance; copiousness; teemingness (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cornucopia"):

overgrowth (a profusion of growth on or over something else)

greenness; verdancy; verdure (the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation)

wilderness (a bewildering profusion)

 Context examples 

The harder you worked during that time, the more generous your cornucopia will be now.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

When you wear the crown of celestial favorite, you get a cornucopia of goodies from Jupiter, including favor from VIPs, career success and good money to go with it, lucky breaks, distant—often overseas—travel, new friendships, and improved health.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you have a natal planet or natal moon in Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio, Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn within five degrees of 20 degrees, you will see that planet light up and send you a cornucopia of gifts.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)