Cornucopia

Quick meaning: Cornucopia is a noun meaning A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.

Meaning

A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.

More Meanings

1. An abundance or plentiful supply.
2. (Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.

Example Sentences

A head of Trajan, between two cornucopiæ, under which is a winged foot, with a caduceus and a dolphin.

The two cornucopiae carried by the figure likely identify her as Isis, but they also make clear her inanimate status.

Device, an anchor held by a hand from the clouds: behind the anchor are a kind of brackets, in the form of cornucopiæ, croſſed; […]

On these the details of the cornucopiae resemble those familiar in the Hellenistic world: from the horn, filleted and filled to overflowing with bunches of grapes, […]

Word Forms

• cornucopias
• cornucopiae

Synonyms for cornucopia

Depending on context, synonyms include abundance, choice, plethora, profusion, wealth, richness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include profuseness, profusion, richness, horn, nectar, pomona.

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