hoard

See also: Hoard

English

Etymology

From Middle English hord, Old English hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-Germanic *huzdą (“treasure; hoard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kusdʰo-. Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin custos (“guard; keeper”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /hɔɹd/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɔːd/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ho(ː)ɹd/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /hoəd/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Homophones: horde, whored

Noun

hoard (plural hoards)

A hidden supply or fund.
a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money
(archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
Misspelling of horde.

Translations

hidden supply

Bulgarian: запас (bg) m (zapas), съкровище (bg) n (sǎkrovište)
Danish: forråd n (food), skat (da) (valuables)
Finnish: kätkö (fi)
French: magot (fr)
German: Hort (de) m, Vorrat (de) m
Greek: θησαυρός (el) m (thisavrós), απόθεμα (el) n (apóthema)

Hungarian: kincs (hu)
Italian: scorta (it) f, gruzzolo (it) m
Maori: whakaputunga
Russian: запа́с (ru) m (zapás)
Spanish: acaparamiento (es) m, tesoro (es) m, guardado (es) m, bien oculto m
Tagalog: dinaha

archeology: cache of valuable objects

Czech: depot m
Danish: skattefund n, skat (da) c, depotfund n (not associated with burials)
Finnish: aarre (fi)
French: trésor (fr)
Greek: θησαυρός (el) m (thisavrós)

Italian: scoperta (it) f, rinvenimento m, tesoro (it) m
Kalmyk: зөөр (zöör)
Portuguese: tesouro (pt) m
Spanish: tesoro (es) m (arqueológico)

Verb

hoard (third-person singular simple present hoards, present participle hoarding, simple past and past participle hoarded)

To amass, usually for one's personal collection.

Antonyms

declutter

Translations

to amass

Bulgarian: събирам (bg) (sǎbiram), трупам (bg) (trupam)
Catalan: acaparar (ca), abassegar (ca)
Danish: samle (da), hamstre, puge
Dutch: opstapelen (nl)
Finnish: kahmia, kahmaista, hamstrata (fi), rohmuta (fi), ahnehtia (fi)
French: accumuler (fr), amasser (fr), thésauriser (fr)
German: horten (de)
Greek: αποθησαυρίζω (el) (apothisavrízo), συσσωρεύω (el) (syssorévo)
Ido: trezorifar (io), amasigar (io), amaseskar (sekrete) (io), akumular (io)

Italian: accumulare (it), tesaurizzare (it), collezionare (it)
Maori: makitaunu, whakapūranga
Norwegian: hamstre (no)
Polish: gromadzić (pl)
Portuguese: acumular (pt)
Russian: запаса́ть (ru) impf (zapasátʹ), запасти́ (ru) pf (zapastí), копить (ru) impf (kopitʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: taisg
Spanish: acaparar (es), amasar (es), atesorar (es) m
Tagalog: magdaha

See also

Hoarding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
hoard (archaeology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
horde

Anagrams

Rhoda, hadro-

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