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hoard
[ hawrd, hohrd ]
noun
- a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
a vast hoard of silver.
verb (used with object)
- to accumulate for preservation, future use, etc., in a hidden or carefully guarded place:
to hoard food during a shortage.
verb (used without object)
- to accumulate money, food, or the like, in a hidden or carefully guarded place for preservation, future use, etc.
hoard
/ hɔːd /
noun
- an accumulated store hidden away for future use
- a cache of ancient coins, treasure, etc
verb
- to gather or accumulate (a hoard)
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Derived Forms
- ˈhoarder, noun
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Other Words From
- hoarder noun
- un·hoarded adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hoard1
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Example Sentences
That I hoard medication and go to sleep each night on a big pile of Zithromax?
JML: Attractive celebrities are usually followed by a hoard of women.
And by the end of the war he had managed to hoard at least 1,400 hugely valuable works for himself.
Apple, “a pioneer in tactics to avoid taxes,” has kept much of its cash hoard abroad, out of reach of Uncle Sam.
When would you rather hoard money instead of lending it out?
That hoard up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and there is no end of their getting?
If I take no money for the money that I lend, how shall I then increase my hoard?
They are no wiser than the savages, who hide and hoard their little heaps of cowrie-shells.
What you enjoy is yours; what for your heirs / 45 You hoard, already is not yours, but theirs.
Gunnar refuses Atli's command to reveal the hiding-place of the hoard, bidding them bring to him the heart of Hogni.
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