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# cornucopia

«cornucopia» in Mova's school dictionary: **a horn-shaped basket filled with fruit, grain and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (cornucopia, cornucopias)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cornucopia» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornucopia/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.