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hoard noun [ hɔːd ]

• 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"
Similar: cache, stockpile, stock, store, collection, supply, reserve, reservoir, fund, accumulation, heap, pile, mass, aggregation, conglomeration, treasure house, treasure trove, stash, amassment,

hoard verb

• accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away.
• "thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector"
Similar: store, store up, stock up on, stockpile, put aside, put by, put away, lay by, lay in, lay up, set aside, stow away, buy up, cache, amass, heap up, pile up, stack up, collect, save, gather, garner, accumulate, husband, squirrel away, put to one side, put away for a rainy day, stash away, salt away,
Opposite: squander,
Origin: Old English hord (noun), hordian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Hort (noun), horten (verb).


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