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   Hoard

   /hôrd/

   

   noun

   • 1. 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"
   • ▪ an ancient store of coins or other valuable artifacts: "a hoard of Romano-British bronzes"
   • ▪ an amassed store of useful information or facts, retained for future use: "a hoard of secret information about his work"

   verb

   • 1. amass (money or valued objects) and hide or store away: "thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector"
   • ▪ reserve in the mind for future use: "he hoarded the memory in his heart"

   Word Origin Old Englishhord (noun), hordian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Hort (noun), horten (verb).

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   What does hoard mean?

   • acumular, ajuntar às escondidas, acúmulo… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! hoard meaning: 1. to collect and store a large supply of something, often secretly: 2. a large, secret supply or….

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   What is a hoard of money?

   • hoard (of something) a collection of money, food, valuable objects, etc., especially one that somebody keeps in a secret place so that other people will not find or steal it They dug up a hoard of Roman coins. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

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   Why do people hoard things?

   • If you hoard things such as food or money, you save or store them, often in secret, because they are valuable or important to you. They've begun to hoard food and gasoline and save their money. A hoard is a store of things that you have saved and that are valuable or important to you or you do not want other people to have.

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   What is a hoard & how much is it worth?

   • A hoard is a store of things that you have saved and that are valuable or important to you or you do not want other people to have. The case involves a hoard of silver and jewels valued at up to $40m. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   hoard. noun. /hɔːd/. /hɔːrd/. hoard (of something) a collection of money, food, valuable objects, etc., especially one that somebody keeps in a secret place so that other people will not find or steal it. They dug up a hoard of Roman coins.

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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. Synonyms: stock, store, cache, reserve, stockpile. verb (used with object) to accumulate for preservation, future use, etc., in a hidden or carefully guarded place: to hoard food during a shortage.

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   3 days ago · 1. transitive verb. If you hoard things such as food or money, you save or store them, often in secret, because they are valuable or important to you. They've begun to hoard food and gasoline and save their money. Synonyms: save, store, collect, gather More Synonyms of hoard. 2. countable noun.

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   to collect and store a large supply of something, often secretly: He hoarded antique books in the attic. hoard. noun [ C ] a large, secret supply or collection of something: Police found a hoard of stolen jewellery in the car. (Definition of hoard from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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    The meaning of HOARD is a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away. How to use hoard in a sentence.