hoard
A hidden supply or fundA hidden supply or fund.
» Everybody is hoarding their cash.
Meaning
5 sensesA hidden supply or fund.
a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money
Hort, Vorrat
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A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice.
A hoarding (billboard).
- a secret store of valuables or money
Examples
28 sentencesEverybody is hoarding their cash.
Tom has been hoarding food.
Tom was accused of hoarding toilet paper and price gouging.
Тома звинуватили у скуповуванні туалетного паперу і спекуляції на ньому. — Walentinio
ruТома обвинили в скупке туалетной бумаги и спекуляции на ней. — Ooneykcall
You need to stop hoarding animals.
Data hoarding is a digital disease.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hord, from Old English hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cachFrom 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”).
From Middle English hord, whorde, from Anglo-Norman hurde and Old French hourd, hourt (“barrier, palisade”), from Middle Dutch horde, from Old Dutch *hurd, from Proto-West Germanic *hurdi (“wickerwork, braiding of branches, hurdle, scaffolding, military company”).
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