noun
1. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
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the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line
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• Hypernyms: ↑happening, ↑occurrence, ↑occurrent, ↑natural event
2. (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus
• Syn: ↑miraculous food, ↑manna
• Topics: ↑Old Testament
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manna from heaven phrase
something that you need or want very much and that you get unexpectedly
A letter from home was like manna from heaven.
Thesaurus: surprises and shocking eventssynonym
Main entry: manna
Useful english dictionary. 2012.