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- 1. a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn.
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A cornucopia is a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle that is overflowing with fruit and vegetables, or an inexhaustible store of abundance. Learn about its Latin origins, Greek history, synonyms, examples, and related words.
A cornucopia is a horn-shaped container full of fruit and flowers, or a large amount of something. Learn how to use this word in different contexts with synonyms, translations and examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
In classical antiquity, the cornucopia ( ⫽ ˌkɔːrnjəˈkoʊpiə, ˌkɔːrnə -, ˌkɔːrnu -, ˌkɔːrnju -⫽ ), from Latin cornu (horn) and copia (abundance), also called the horn of plenty, was a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, or nuts.
A cornucopia is a horn-shaped container full of fruit and flowers, or a large amount of something. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, see related words and phrases, and hear the pronunciation.
A cornucopia is a horned-shaped container filled with food or a decoration resembling this. You might commonly see images of a straw cornucopia with fruits and vegetables in it around Thanksgiving.
A cornucopia is a lot of good stuff. Around Thanksgiving in the United States, you'll often see cornucopias or horn-shaped baskets filled with fruit and other goodies as centerpieces. Originally, a cornucopia was a goat's horn filled with corn and fruit to symbolize plenty.
A cornucopia is an object shaped like a horn, often shown in art as full of fruit and flowers. It can also mean a large supply of good things. Learn more about its origin, pronunciation and usage with Oxford.
