hoard
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hoard/hɔːd/
▶noun a store of money or valued objects.
■ an amassed store of useful information.
▶verb amass and hide or store away.– derivatives
hoarder noun.
hoarder noun.
– origin OE hord (n.), hordian (v.), of Gmc origin.
usage: The words hoard and horde are sometimes confused. A hoard is ‘a secret stock or store’, as in a hoard of treasure, while a horde is a disparaging word for ‘a large group of people’, as in hordes of greedy shareholders.
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