hoard
noun/hɔːd/
/hɔːrd/
- hoard (of something) a collection of money, food, valuable objects, etc., especially one that somebody keeps in a secret place so that other people will not find or steal it
- They dug up a hoard of Roman coins.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1- He controls a cash hoard of some $1 billion.
- a vast hoard of treasure
- her secret hoard of food
- one of the biggest hoards of Roman coins ever found
- Police have uncovered a hoard of stolen goods which may help to trace the fugitives.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- major
- …
- in hoards
- hoard of
Word OriginOld English hord (noun), hordian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Hort (noun), horten (verb).
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