abundant

uh-BUN-duntadj

Meaning existing in large amounts; more than enough

Memory hook a-BUN-dant: a BUN DANCE. The baker made so many buns that they cover every shelf and table, and he does a happy bun dance. Buns are abundant.

Blackberries were abundant along the creek that summer.

In context Water is scarce in the desert, but in the rain forest it is abundant: it drips from the leaves, fills the rivers and soaks the ground every afternoon.

Similar plentiful, ample, bountiful, copious

Opposite scarce, sparse, meager

From Latin abundare, “to overflow,” literally to flow over in waves: ab (off) + unda (wave).

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