hoard
verb [T] /hɔːd/
/hɔːrd/ Definition
› to collect large amounts of something and keep it in a safe, often secret, place: During the siege people began hoarding food and supplies. There would be enough food on a daily basis if people were not hoarding it.Keeping and storing things hoarder /ˈhɔː.dər/
/ˈhɔːr.dɚ/ noun [C] Keeping and storing things
/ˈhɔːr.dɚ/ noun [C] Keeping and storing things (Definition of hoard verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- appropriate verb (KEEP MONEY)
- aside adverb (TO ONE SIDE)
- bank noun (STORE)
- cling (on) to sth phrasal verb
- dump noun
- dump verb (GET RID OF)
- earmark verb
- enshrine verb
- lodge verb (STORE)
- maintain verb (CONTINUE TO HAVE)
- pack sth away phrasal verb (TIDY)
- put sth away phrasal verb (STORE)
- repository noun
- reserved adjective (KEPT)
- stockpile noun
- stockpile verb
- storage noun
- store noun (STH KEPT)
- store sth up phrasal verb
- trap verb
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