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- Dictionaryhoard/hɔːd/
noun
- 1. 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"
verb
- 1. accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away: "thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector"
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a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver. Synonyms: stock, store, cache, reserve, stockpile.
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To hoard is to save something (or lots of things) for future use. Squirrels hoard nuts for the winter. Old ladies tend to hoard canned food and used plastic bags.
Learn the meaning of hoard as a verb and a noun, with examples of usage and synonyms. Find out how hoard is used in different contexts, such as economics, finance and psychology.
hoard (of something) a collection of money, food, valuable objects, etc., especially one that somebody keeps in a secret place so that other people will not find or steal it. They dug up a hoard of Roman coins.
