Friday, March 20, 2020

Hoard

hoard
/hôrd/
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noun
noun: hoard; plural noun: hoards

a stock or store of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded.
"he came back to rescue his little hoard of gold"
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Similar:
cache

stockpile
stock
store
collection
supply
reserve
reservoir
fund
accumulation
heap
pile
mass
aggregation
conglomeration
treasure house
treasure trove
stash

amassment
an ancient store of coins or other valuable artifacts.
"a hoard of Romano-British bronzes"
an amassed store of useful information or facts, retained for future use.
"a hoard of secret information about his work"

verb
verb: hoard; 3rd person present: hoards; past tense: hoarded; past participle: hoarded; gerund or present participle: hoarding

amass (money or valued objects) and hide or store away.
"thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector"
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Similar:
store

store up
stock up on
stockpile
put aside
put by
put away
lay by
lay in
lay up
set aside
stow away
buy up
cache
amass
heap up
pile up
stack up
collect
save
gather
garner
accumulate
husband
squirrel away
put to one side
put away for a rainy day
stash away
salt away

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Opposite:
squander
reserve in the mind for future use.
"he hoarded the memory in his heart"

Origin
Old English hord (noun), hordian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Hort (noun), horten (verb).
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Similar-sounding words
hoard is sometimes confused with horde

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