hoard

/hɔ:d/
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hoard

She keeps a secret hoard of gold coins in a wooden chest.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A secret store of valuables or money: A collection of valuable items, money, or supplies that is hidden or saved, often for future use or due to a desire to possess them.
    • An archaeological find of buried objects: A collection of valuable or historical objects that were deliberately buried in the ground in the past and later discovered.

  2. Verb:

    • To accumulate and store away a large quantity of something: To gather and save a large amount of items, often secretly or in a hidden place, typically for future use or due to a fear of scarcity.
    • To collect and keep things obsessively: To gather and retain items to an excessive degree, often beyond what is reasonable or necessary.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The dragon guarded its hoard of gold and jewels in the mountain cave.
    • Archaeologists discovered a Viking hoard containing silver coins and arm rings.

  • Verb:

    • During the crisis, some people began to hoard essential supplies like toilet paper and canned food.
    • She tends to hoard old magazines, finding it difficult to throw anything away.
Advanced Usage

  • "To hoard away": To store something secretly or in large quantities for future use.

    • He had hoarded away a fortune in his basement over the years.

  • "A hoarder" (noun, derived form): A person who accumulates and stores things obsessively and has difficulty discarding them.

    • After his passing, they discovered he had been a hoarder, with every room filled with collected items.
Variants and Related Words
  • Hoarder (n): A person who hoards.
  • Hoarding (n): The act of accumulating and storing goods; also, a large board used for advertising.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Cache, stash, treasure, stockpile, reserve.
  • Verb: Accumulate, amass, stockpile, stash, squirrel away.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Hoard up: To gather and save something, especially in large amounts.
    • They advised against hoarding up gasoline, as it could be dangerous.
Related Idioms
  • A miser's hoard: Refers to a large amount of money or treasure that a stingy person has saved and refuses to spend.
    • The old man's will revealed a miser's hoard hidden in the attic.
hoard

She keeps a secret hoard of gold coins in a wooden chest.

Noun
  1. a secret store of valuables or money
Verb
  1. get or gather together
    • I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
    • She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
    • She rolled up a small fortune
  2. save up as for future use

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