a pack rat
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› someone who collects things that they do not need: For me there could be nothing worse than living with a pack rat.Collecting and amassing
(Definition of a pack rat from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accumulate verb
- amass verb
- assemble verb (GATHER)
- bank verb (MASS)
- blackberry verb
- collector noun (HOBBY)
- collector's item noun
- compilation noun
- concentrate verb (COME TOGETHER)
- concentration noun (AMOUNT)
- fundraising noun
- garner verb
- gather verb (COLLECT)
- gather verb (COME TOGETHER)
- harvest verb (BODY PARTS)
- philatelist noun
- rake sth/sb up phrasal verb
- reassemble verb
- scrape sth/sb together/up phrasal verb
- store noun (STH KEPT)
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