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BONANZA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does bonanza mean?

• BONANZA (noun)
The noun BONANZA has 2 senses:

1. an especially rich vein of precious ore
2. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

Familiarity information: BONANZA used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BONANZA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An especially rich vein of precious ore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("bonanza" is a kind of...):

mineral vein; vein (a layer of ore between layers of rock)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

bunce; godsend; gold rush; bonanza; gravy; manna from heaven; windfall; boom

Context example:

the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line

Hypernyms ("bonanza" is a kind of...):

happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)

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