hoard

Formshoards, hoarding, hoarded

Pluralhoards

1. 1
   verbtransitive

   To collect and keep a lot of something, usually just for yourself.

   My grandpa likes to hoard old magazines in the basement.

   The squirrel hoards nuts under the big oak tree.

   Similarstockpile, amass, stash, store

   Oppositeshare, squander

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A supply of food, money, or other things that someone keeps hidden.

   My sister keeps a hoard of candy under her bed.

   The old man had a hoard of money hidden in a coffee can.

   Similarstash, stockpile, cache, store

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A group of valuable old objects that were hidden together and later found.

   A man with a metal detector found a hoard of gold rings in a field.

   The museum will show the whole hoard next spring.

   Similarcache

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4. 4
   verbtransitive

   To keep something in your mind so you can use it later.

   I hoard funny jokes so I can tell them at parties.

   He hoarded every fact about dinosaurs for the big quiz.

   Similartreasure, store, save

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   A part, often made of wood, that sticks out from the wall of a castle or fort.

   The soldiers stood on the hoard and threw rocks down at the enemy.

   The castle's wooden hoards burned during the attack.

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