hoard

Meaning

Noun

1. A hidden supply or fund.
2. A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

Verb

To amass, usually for one's own private collection.

Synonyms

store

accumulate

treasure

collect

amass

stockpile

save

pile up

cache

stash

gather

stock

store up

heap

pile

keep

reserve

put away

compile

stow away

roll up

reserves

heap up

tuck away

save up

mass

collection

accumulation

lay away

hive up

hide

squirrel away

corner

squirrel

stack

stockpiling

stock up

stook

storage

strip off

supply

thesaurus

forestall the market

treasure-trove

tumulus

uphold

collect money

put by

personal stock

stock up on

keep someone in the dark

chipmunk

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agglomerate

assemblage

backlog

build up

buy up

cluster

conceal

conglomerate

corner the market

cover

crop

cumulate

deposit

drift

forbidden

fund

golden

hoarding

hog

increase

keep back

keep to oneself

lay up

miserly

obscure

put aside

reservoir

rick

secrete

selfish

shoal

spin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɔɹd/

Etymology

From Middle English hord, from Old English hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀd, from Proto-Germanic *huzdą (“treasure; hoard”), of unknown origin, but possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *kewdʰ- (“to conceal, hide”), thus meaning “something hidden”. Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin cū̆stōs (“guard; keeper”). For the meaning development compare Russian сокро́вище (sokróvišče, “treasure”) related to Russian скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ, “to hide, to conceal”).