hoard

UK /hɔɹd/ US /hɔɹd/
noun 6verb 2name 1

Definitions

noun

1

A hidden supply or fund.

a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money

Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]

2

A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

verb

1

To amass, usually for one's own private collection.

The days have vanish’d, tone and tint, ⁠And yet perhaps the hoarding sense ⁠Gives out at times (he knows not whence) A little flash, a mystic hint; […]

Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]

2

To save or reserve in one's mind for a future need or use.

noun

1

A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).

2

A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice.

Eventually, the wooden hoards gave way to similar stone constructions called bretèches. These served exactly the same purpose as the hoard, sometimes being built over the same corbel brackets that had once supported hoards[…]

3

A hoarding (billboard).

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