noun
abundance
uh-BUN-duhns/əˈbʌndəns/
A very large quantity or plentiful supply.
The garden provides an abundance of tomatoes throughout the summer.
Etymology
The prefix and wave-related root combine in a verb meaning “overflow.” Abundance turns that image into a noun: plenty imagined as a supply that runs over.
In context
using the abundance in our community the free fruit produce that's locally grown and to use volunteers we're also providing free labor and to marry those two things together and feed the hungry
More examples
- Wildflowers grow in abundance along the trail.
- The festival celebrates the abundance of the autumn harvest.
- Researchers compared the relative abundances of several species.
Forms
abundance · abundances