hoard

English

Etymology

Old English hord.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɔː(r)d/

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• Homophones: whored, horde
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)d

Noun

hoard (plural hoards)

1. A hidden supply or fund.

   a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money

2. (archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

Translations

hidden supply

• Danish: forråd, skat
• Finnish: kätkö (fi)
• German: Hort (de) m

• Hungarian: kincs (hu)
• Italian: scorta (it) f, gruzzolo (it) m
• Spanish: acaparamiento (es) m, tesoro (es) m, guardado (es) m, bien oculto (es) m

archeology: cache of valuable objects

• Finnish: aarre (fi)
• Portuguese: tesouro (pt) m

• Spanish: tesoro (es) m (arqueológico)

Verb

hoard (third-person singular simple present hoards, present participle hoarding, simple past and past participle hoarded)

1. To amass, usually for one's personal collection.

Translations

to amass

• Danish: samle, hamstre, puge
• Dutch: opstapelen (nl)
• Finnish: kahmia (fi), kahmaista (fi), hamstrata (fi), rohmuta (fi), ahnehtia (fi)
• French: accumuler (fr)
• German: horten (de)
• Italian: accumulare (it)

• Norwegian: hamstre (no)
• Polish: gromadzić
• Portuguese: acumular (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: taisg
• Spanish: acaparar (es), amasar (es), atesorar (es) m

See also

• Hoarding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Hoarding
• hoard (archaeology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• horde

Anagrams

• Rhoda