Meanings
hoard1
plural hoards
- A hidden supply or fund.
a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money
2 more examples
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, […]
1861, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Spoon and sparrowOccasionally Scots and Irish coins are also found. The gold hoards consist entirely of crown gold unites, half unites and quarter unites from the reigns of James I and Charles I.
1968, Seaby's coin and medal bulletin, numbers 593-604, page 198
hoard2
present singular third person hoards · participle present hoarding · participle past hoarded · past hoarded
- transitiveTo amass, usually for one's own private collection.
When we have new perception we shall gladly disburthen the memory of the hoarded treasures as old rubbish.
1914, Margaret Bird Steinmetz, Leaves of Life2 more examples
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; […]
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 66Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]
1861, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Spoon and sparrow
hoard3
plural hoards
- 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- A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice.
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[…]
1993, Christopher C. Henige, Church Fortification in the Périgord - A hoarding (billboard).
hoard4
- misspellingMisspelling of horde.
Hoard5
Synonyms & antonyms
verbsave up as for future use
verbget or gather together
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
hoard · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*kewdʰ-“to conceal, hide”
- Proto-Germanic*huzdą“treasure; hoard”
- Proto-West Germanic*hoʀd
- Old Englishhord“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”
- Middle Englishhord
- Englishhoard
From 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”). For the meaning development, compare Russian сокро́вище (sokróvišče, “treasure”) related to Russian скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ, “to hide, to conceal”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →hoard · verb
- Proto-West Germanic*hoʀdōn
- Old Englishhordian
- Middle Englishhorden
- Englishhoard
From Middle English horden, from Old English hordian, from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀdōn.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →hoard · noun
- Proto-West Germanic*hurdi“wickerwork, braiding of branches, hurdle, scaffolding, military company”
- Old Dutch*hurd
- Middle Dutchhorde
- Old Frenchhourd
- Anglo-Normanhurde
- Middle Englishhord
- Englishhoard
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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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian запас, съкровище
- запас (zapas)hidden supply
- съкровище (săkrovište)hidden supply
- събирам (săbiram)to amass
- трупам (trupam)to amass
Catalan reserva, tresor
- reservahidden supply
- tresorarcheology: cache of valuable objects
- acapararto amass
- abassegarto amass
Chinese Mandarin 囤積 /囤积, 貯藏 /贮藏
- 囤積 /囤积 (túnjī)to amass
- 貯藏 /贮藏 (zhùcáng)to amass
Czech zásoba, hromada
- zásobahidden supply
- hromadahidden supply
- depotarcheology: cache of valuable objects
- hromaditto amass
- nahromaditto amass
- schovávat sito amass
- shromážditto amass
- nashromážditto amass
- dělat si zásobyto amass
- nadělat si zásobyto amass
- křečkovatto amass
- syslitto amass
Danish forråd, skat
- forrådhidden supply
- skathidden supply
- skattefundarcheology: cache of valuable objects
- skatarcheology: cache of valuable objects
- depotfundarcheology: cache of valuable objects
- samleto amass
- hamstreto amass
- pugeto amass
Dutch ophopen, verzamelen
- ophopento amass
- verzamelento amass
- hamsterento amass
- oppottento amass
Esperanto akumuli, kolekti
- akumulito amass
- kolektito amass
- hamstrito amass
Finnish kätkö, aarre
- kätköhidden supply
- aarrearcheology: cache of valuable objects
- aarrekätköarcheology: cache of valuable objects
- kerätäto amass
- kerryttääto amass
- hamstratato amass
- kahmiato amass
- rohmutato amass
- ahnehtiato amass
- haaliato amass
- kasatato amass
- kootato amass
- varastoidato amass
French magot, trésor
- magothidden supply
- trésorarcheology: cache of valuable objects
- accumulerto amass
- amasserto amass
- thésauriserto amass
German Hort, Vorrat
- Horthidden supply
- Vorrathidden supply
- hortento amass
Greek θησαυρός, απόθεμα
- θησαυρός (thisavrós)hidden supply
- απόθεμα (apóthema)hidden supply
- θησαυρός (thisavrós)archeology: cache of valuable objects
- αποθησαυρίζω (apothisavrízo)to amass
- συσσωρεύω (syssorévo)to amass
Hebrew מַטְמוֹן, מַטְמוֹן
- מַטְמוֹן (matmón)hidden supply
- מַטְמוֹן (matmón)archeology: cache of valuable objects
Hindi निधि
- निधि (nidhi)hidden supply
Hungarian kincs, rejtett/titkos felhalmozott készlet
- kincshidden supply
- rejtett/titkos felhalmozott készlethidden supply
- felhalmozto amass
- betárazto amass
- bespájzolto amass
- gyűjtto amass
- gyűjtögetto amass
- készletezto amass
- összehordto amass
- összegyűjtto amass
Italian scorta, gruzzolo
- scortahidden supply
- gruzzolohidden supply
- scopertaarcheology: cache of valuable objects
- rinvenimentoarcheology: cache of valuable objects
- tesoroarcheology: cache of valuable objects
- accumulareto amass
- tesaurizzareto amass
- collezionareto amass
Latin accumulō, compercō
- accumulōto amass
- compercōto amass
Māori whakaputunga, makitaunu
- whakaputungahidden supply
- makitaunuto amass
- whakapūrangato amass
Norwegian hamstre
- hamstreto amass
Polish gromadzić
- gromadzićto amass
Portuguese tesouro, acumular
- tesouroarcheology: cache of valuable objects
- acumularto amass
Russian запа́с, запаса́ть
- запа́с (zapás)hidden supply
- запаса́ть (zapasátʹ)to amass
- запасти́ (zapastí)to amass
- копить (kopitʹ)to amass
Scottish Gaelic taisg
- taisgto amass
Spanish acaparamiento, guardado
- acaparamientohidden supply
- guardadohidden supply
- tesoro (arqueológico)archeology: cache of valuable objects
- acapararto amass
Tagalog dinaha, magdaha
- dinahahidden supply
- magdahato amass
Tamil பதுக்கு
- பதுக்கு (patukku)to amass
Thai กักตุน
- กักตุนto amass
Vietnamese tích trữ, trữ
- tích trữto amass
- trữto amass
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hoard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoard
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