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The Meaning of hoard

  • (n.) See Hoarding, 2.
  • (n.) A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.
  • (v. t.) To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.
  • (v. i.) To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.

Synonyms

cache , stash , stash , cache , lay away , hive up , squirrel away , roll up , collect , accumulate , pile up , amass , compile

Homophones

hord , horde

Rhymes

abhorred , aboard , aboveboard , accord , acord , adored , afford , alvord , award , baseboard , billboard , blackboard , board , bored , broadsword , cardboard , checkerboard , chessboard , chipboard , chord , clapboard , clavichord , clipboard , concord , concorde , containerboard , cord , dartboard , dashboard , debord , deborde , deplored , dubord , explored , fiberboard , fibreboard , fingerboard , fjord , floorboard , floored , foard , ford , forde , gaylord , gourd , hardboard , harpsichord , headboard , hord , horde , ignored , inboard , jorde , keyboard , landlord , lord , mainord , mccord , montford , mopboard , mord , mountford , njord , nord , nored , notochord , oared , ord , outboard , outscored , overboard , overlord , paperboard , pegboard , plasterboard , plourde , pored , poured , prerecord , pressboard , reboard , record , revord , reward , roared , scoreboard , scored , seaboard , shavord , shipboard , shored , skateboard , smorgasbord , snowboard , springboard , stored , storyboard , surfboard , sward , switchboard , sword , toward , underscored , unexplored , untoward , verwoerd , wallboard , ward , warde , warlord , warred , washboard , woodward