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[ hawrd, hohrd ] SHOW IPA
/ hɔrd, hoʊrd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
verb (used with object) to accumulate for preservation, future use, etc., in a hidden or carefully guarded place: to hoard food during a shortage.
verb (used without object) to accumulate money, food, or the like, in a hidden or carefully guarded place for preservation, future use, etc.
Origin of hoard before 900; Middle English hord (e ), Old English hord; cognate with Old Norse hodd, Old High German hort, Gothic huzd treasure; see hide1 , hide2
SYNONYMS FOR hoard 1 stockpile, reserve, cache, store, stock.
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OTHER WORDS FROM hoard hoarder, noun un·hoard·ed, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hoard hoard , hordeWords nearby hoard Hoad, hoagie, Hoagland, hoagy, hoar, hoard , hoarding, Hoare, hoarfrost, hoarhound, hoarse
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Example sentences from the Web for hoard That I hoard medication and go to sleep each night on a big pile of Zithromax?
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JML: Attractive celebrities are usually followed by a hoard of women.
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And by the end of the war he had managed to hoard at least 1,400 hugely valuable works for himself.
The Man Who Hoarded Art for the Nazis | Christopher Dickey, Nadette De Visser| November 5, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Former official Debbie Cook's email to 12,000 church members alleges financial wrongdoing and a $1 billion hoard .
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Big companies can hoard their money and sport big profits, but ultimately they have to sell to consumers and small firms.
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My friend, replied Chia, my object in getting money was not to hoard it up like a miser.
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I have enough and to spare already, and I should only hoard it.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. Whistler
A few strokes carried him alongside his boat, and, his voice being heard by his men, he was speedily hauled on hoard .
The Three Lieutenants | W.H.G. Kingston
The nut is a favourite food of the squirrels, which hoard them up for winter store, being careful always to select the best.
Woodland Gleanings | Charles Tilt
I have asked for nothing by way of loan, and have made no hoard against a rainy day.
The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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British Dictionary definitions for hoard noun an accumulated store hidden away for future use
a cache of ancient coins, treasure, etc
verb to gather or accumulate (a hoard)
Derived forms of hoard hoarder , noun Word Origin for hoard Old English hord; related to Old Norse hodd, Gothic huzd, German Hort, Swedish hydda hut
usage for hoard Hoard is sometimes wrongly written where horde is meant: hordes (not hoards ) of tourists
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