Cornucopia
noun
A large amount or supply of something good.
The new shop provides a cornucopia of local and international products.
Often appears as...
- cornucopia of options
- cornucopia of resources
noun
A symbol or decoration shaped like a horn, filled with fruits and flowers, representing abundance.
Thanksgiving decorations often feature a cornucopia filled with autumn fruits and grains.
Often appears as...
- cornucopia centerpiece
- cornucopia decoration
noun
A large amount or supply of something good.
The new shop provides a cornucopia of local and international products.
Often appears as...
- cornucopia of options
- cornucopia of resources
noun
A symbol or decoration shaped like a horn, filled with fruits and flowers, representing abundance.
Thanksgiving decorations often feature a cornucopia filled with autumn fruits and grains.
Often appears as...
- cornucopia centerpiece
- cornucopia decoration
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Usage
Often used metaphorically to mean a plentiful or overflowing supply.
Her mind was a cornucopia of creative ideas.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Carries a positive feeling, suggesting not just quantity but also quality.
He found himself in a cornucopia of happiness after the good news.
Pro Tip 3/3No Negative Contexts
Avoid using 'cornucopia' for large amounts of negative or undesirable things.
We enjoyed a cornucopia of delicacies at the feast.
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Usage
Often used metaphorically to mean a plentiful or overflowing supply.
Her mind was a cornucopia of creative ideas.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Carries a positive feeling, suggesting not just quantity but also quality.
He found himself in a cornucopia of happiness after the good news.
Pro Tip 3/3No Negative Contexts
Avoid using 'cornucopia' for large amounts of negative or undesirable things.
We enjoyed a cornucopia of delicacies at the feast.
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Usage
Often used metaphorically to mean a plentiful or overflowing supply.
Her mind was a cornucopia of creative ideas.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Carries a positive feeling, suggesting not just quantity but also quality.
He found himself in a cornucopia of happiness after the good news.
Pro Tip 3/3No Negative Contexts
Avoid using 'cornucopia' for large amounts of negative or undesirable things.
We enjoyed a cornucopia of delicacies at the feast.
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Jamais Cascio: Tools for...
Nobody's going to fix the world for us, but working together, making use of technological innovations and human communities alike, we might just be able to fix it ourselves. We have at our fingertips a cornucopia of compelling models, powerful tools, and innovative ideas
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The Best Shoelaces, Ever...
everything they're carrying is like top-notch survival grade gonna get me out of this burning canyon kind of thing right so he's fanatical about testing his gear so I brought gear of my own I harvested this cornucopia of shoelaces which is the best Shane and I decided to
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A brie(f) history of...
These clumps, or curds, became the building blocks of cheese, which would eventually be aged, pressed, ripened, and whizzed into a diverse cornucopia of dairy delights.
Video examples
Jamais Cascio: Tools for...
Nobody's going to fix the world for us, but working together, making use of technological innovations and human communities alike, we might just be able to fix it ourselves. We have at our fingertips a cornucopia of compelling models, powerful tools, and innovative ideas
Video examples
The Best Shoelaces, Ever...
everything they're carrying is like top-notch survival grade gonna get me out of this burning canyon kind of thing right so he's fanatical about testing his gear so I brought gear of my own I harvested this cornucopia of shoelaces which is the best Shane and I decided to
Video examples
A brie(f) history of...
These clumps, or curds, became the building blocks of cheese, which would eventually be aged, pressed, ripened, and whizzed into a diverse cornucopia of dairy delights.
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Quote examples
Judith Jamison
American Dancer
The way Alvin Ailey has transformed modern dance and dance in general is the fact of variety. It's a cornucopia of ways to move. There are choreographers in the company as - as diverse, as different from each other as Donald McKayle and Bill T. Jones, or Jawole Zollar and John Butler, Lar Lubovitch, you know, and Judith Jamison.
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George Will
Journalist
Corporations do not pay taxes, they collect them, passing the burden to consumers as a cost of production. And corporate taxation is a feast of rent-seeking - a cornucopia of credits, exemptions and other subsidies conferred by the political class on favored, and grateful, corporations.
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Paul Zane Pilzer
American Economist
Since 1975, when I entered the Wharton Graduate School, I have belonged to a small group of economists who believe that the world does not contain a limited amount of physical resources. Quite the contrary, I believe that the world is a virtual cornucopia of physical resources.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Since the end of the Cold War, metropolitan elites everywhere have identified progress and modernity with the cornucopia of global capitalism, the consolidation of liberal democratic regimes and the secular ethic of consumerism.
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Diane Ackerman
American Poet
We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and our own.
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Alice Ripley
American Actor
I think I enjoy Sondheim so much because of the lyrics. The lyrics, the cornucopia of options.
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John Logan
American Producer
We wanted 'Hugo' to be a cornucopia of cinema, a celebration of everything we do in movies.
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Johan Renck
Swedish Director
One of the things I love about my job is the cornucopia of different professions in one.
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Judith Jamison
American Dancer
The way Alvin Ailey has transformed modern dance and dance in general is the fact of variety. It's a cornucopia of ways to move. There are choreographers in the company as - as diverse, as different from each other as Donald McKayle and Bill T. Jones, or Jawole Zollar and John Butler, Lar Lubovitch, you know, and Judith Jamison.
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George Will
Journalist
Corporations do not pay taxes, they collect them, passing the burden to consumers as a cost of production. And corporate taxation is a feast of rent-seeking - a cornucopia of credits, exemptions and other subsidies conferred by the political class on favored, and grateful, corporations.
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Paul Zane Pilzer
American Economist
Since 1975, when I entered the Wharton Graduate School, I have belonged to a small group of economists who believe that the world does not contain a limited amount of physical resources. Quite the contrary, I believe that the world is a virtual cornucopia of physical resources.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Since the end of the Cold War, metropolitan elites everywhere have identified progress and modernity with the cornucopia of global capitalism, the consolidation of liberal democratic regimes and the secular ethic of consumerism.
Quote examples
Diane Ackerman
American Poet
We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and our own.
Quote examples
Alice Ripley
American Actor
I think I enjoy Sondheim so much because of the lyrics. The lyrics, the cornucopia of options.
Quote examples
John Logan
American Producer
We wanted 'Hugo' to be a cornucopia of cinema, a celebration of everything we do in movies.
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Johan Renck
Swedish Director
One of the things I love about my job is the cornucopia of different professions in one.
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