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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•nu•co•pi•a /ˌkɔrnəˈkoʊpiə, -nyə-/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -pi•as. - Mythologyan object shaped like a curved horn, containing a rich supply of food and drink and used as a symbol of abundance:a Thanksgiving cornucopia.
- an abundant, overflowing supply:a cornucopia of new ideas for software development.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•nu•co•pi•a (kôr′nə kō′pē ə, -nyə-),USA pronunciation n. - Mythology[Class. Myth.]a horn containing food, drink, etc., in endless supply, said to have been a horn of the goat Amalthaea.
- a representation of this horn, used as a symbol of abundance.
- an abundant, overflowing supply.
- a horn-shaped or conical receptacle or ornament.
- Late Latin, equivalent. to Latin cornū horn (see cornu) + cōpiae of plenty (genitive stem of cōpia); see copious
- 1585–95;
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