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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).

   Scrabble Points: 9

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