hoard

[hawrd, hohrd] /hɔrd, hoʊrd/
noun
1.
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
a vast hoard of silver.
verb (used with object)
2.
to accumulate for preservation, future use, etc., in a hidden or carefully guarded place:
to hoard food during a shortage.
verb (used without object)
3.
to accumulate money, food, or the like, in a hidden or carefully guarded place for preservation, future use, etc.
Origin
before 900; Middle English hord(e), Old English hord; cognate with Old Norse hodd, Old High German hort, Gothic huzd treasure; see hide1, hide2
Related forms
hoarder, noun
unhoarded, adjective
Can be confused
hoard, horde.
Synonyms
1. stockpile, reserve, cache, store, stock.
Examples from the web for hoard
  • The way to build wealth is, to improve the quality of life for others and flow money instead of hoard it.
  • The government urged residents not to panic and hoard bottled water -- but many shops quickly sold out.
  • Rural families, denied the social welfare of city residents, hoard savings to pay for medical costs.
  • Many institutions hoard funds without utilizing them at all.
  • Panicked residents hoarded supplies.
  • Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great.
  • Because so many people hoard pennies rather than keep them in circulation, the mint had to produce 14.3 billion of them last year.
  • The government urged motorists not to hoard fuel, saying there would be enough to go around.
  • Stop carrying them from place to place; let some other hoarder hoard them.
British Dictionary definitions for hoard

hoard

/hɔːd/
noun
1.
an accumulated store hidden away for future use
2.
a cache of ancient coins, treasure, etc
verb
3.
to gather or accumulate (a hoard)
Derived Forms
hoarder, noun
Usage note
Hoard is sometimes wrongly written where horde is meant: hordes (not hoards) of tourists
Word Origin
Old English hord; related to Old Norse hodd, Gothic huzd, German Hort, Swedish hydda hut
Word Origin and History for hoard
n.

Old English hord "treasure, valuable stock or store," from Proto-Germanic *huzdam (cf. Old Saxon hord "treasure, hidden or inmost place," Old Norse hodd, German Hort, Gothic huzd "treasure," literally "hidden treasure"), from PIE root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see hide (n.1)).

v.

Old English hordian, cognate with Old High German gihurten, German gehorden, Gothic huzdjan, from the root of hoard (n.). Related: Hoarded; hoarding.