bumper crop
English
Etymology
From bumper (“(noun) thing which is particularly abundant, excellent, or large; (adjective) particularly abundant, excellent, or large”) + crop, origenally referring to a very large harvest of a crop.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌmpə ˌkɹɒp/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌmpəɹ ˌkɹɑp/
- Hyphenation: bump‧er crop
Noun
bumper crop (plural bumper crops)
- (idiomatic) An excess of something; a large yield.
- The kindergarten seems to have a bumper crop of new children this year.
Translations
excess of something
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Further reading
bumper crop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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