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HORN OF PLENTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horn of plenty mean?
• HORN OF PLENTY (noun)
The noun HORN OF PLENTY has 1 sense:
1. a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity
Familiarity information: HORN OF PLENTY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("horn of plenty" is a kind of...):
symbol; symbolic representation; symbolisation; symbolization (something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible)
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