bountiful harvest

Plentiful crop season

A bountiful harvest is an abundant yield of crops—more than expected or needed.

The phrase appears in agricultural contexts and religious thanksgiving: We're grateful for this year's bountiful harvest.

Figuratively, it describes any generous return on effort: The research produced a bountiful harvest of new insights.

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feasting · abundance · irrigation · cornucopia · horn of plenty · sunlight · soil fertility · gratitude · folklore · plowing · golden wheat · sowing · farm to table · pollination · country life · seasonal festivals · commodity prices · fertilization

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Opposites
agricultural yield quantity

bountiful harvestcrop failure

When fields yield nothing

failed harvest · poor harvest · parched land

food security and survival

bountiful harvestfamine

Severe food shortage

starvation · scarcity · hunger · dearth · want

metaphorical abundance

bountiful harvestpoor yield

Insufficient production outcome

slim pickings · barrenness · unfruitfulness · paucity

Family

bountiful, harvest, bounty, bounteous, bountifully, harvests, harvested, harvesting, harvester

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G