word-hoard
[ wurd-hawrd, -hohrd ]
/ ˈwɜrdˌhɔrd, -ˌhoʊrd /
noun
a person's vocabulary.
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glossary, jargon, terminology, dictionary, lexicon, thesaurus, cant, words, palaver, phraseology, wordbook, word-stock
Nearby words
- word time,
- word to the wise, a,
- word wrap,
- word wrapping,
- word-blind,
- word-lore,
- word-perfect,
- wordage,
- wordbook,
- wordbreak
Origin of word-hoard
1890–95; literal modern rendering of Old English wordhord
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for word-hoard
Other words and phrases also drawn from the “word-hoard” of the Icelandic tongue are sprinkled over the pages.
William Morris|Elizabeth Luther Cary