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# cornucopia

noun (cornucopia, cornucopias)

«cornucopia» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A cornucopia is a horn-shaped basket filled with fruit, grain and flowers, a picture of plenty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornucopia/#m1)

### In the lessons

in pictures and stories, a sign of plenty and a good harvest; a goddess is often shown carrying one.

### Examples

- The picture showed a cornucopia spilling apples and wheat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornucopia/#x1)
- The goddess held a cornucopia full of fruit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornucopia/#x2)
- The table was like a cornucopia of good things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornucopia/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it says there is a great deal, not an exact number.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cornucopia» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornucopia/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cornucopia» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cornucopia.html) on Mova free.