hoard
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
to accumulate for preservation, future use, etc., in a hidden or carefully guarded place: to hoard food during a shortage.
to accumulate money, food, or the like, in a hidden or carefully guarded place for preservation, future use, etc.
Origin of hoard
1Other words for hoard
Other words from hoard
- hoarder, noun
- un·hoard·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with hoard
- hoard , horde
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How to use hoard in a sentence
Within the temple, they found a cache of treasure hoarded for centuries.
Iraq’s Long-Lost Mythical Temple Has Been Found…and Is In Danger of Disappearing Again | Nina Strochlic | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWarhol's "Crash" may have started out depicting hoarded bullion, but last night that's what it became.
Warhol's $105 Million 'Crash' Is A Portrait of Consumption | Blake Gopnik | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMoney is like fertilizer; when hoarded it stinks, when spread around, things grow.
The Doors Never Sold Out to Crass Commercialism | John Densmore | September 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd I keep wondering what would have happened if his unquiet mother had hoarded books instead of semiautomatic weapons.
The Promise of Happiness After the Newtown Shooting | William Giraldi | January 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe hoarded water compulsively and was consumed with panic that her baby might not survive.
M was a Miser, and hoarded up gold; N was a Nobleman, gallant and bold.
And now the time had come at which the hoarded illhumour of six months was at liberty to explode.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayA very religious and very miserly man who hoarded for his son.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheHis wealth grows, but not his happiness, for he suffers as much from fear of his hoarded riches as his brother sighs under tears.
He had carefully hoarded about his person, and most thriftily managed, the little fortune bequeathed by his mother.
Night and Morning, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for hoard
/ (hɔːd) /
an accumulated store hidden away for future use
a cache of ancient coins, treasure, etc
to gather or accumulate (a hoard)
Origin of hoard
1usage For hoard
Derived forms of hoard
- hoarder, noun
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