I. hoard 1 /hɔːd $ hɔːrd/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: hord ]
a collection of things that someone hides somewhere, especially so they can use them later
hoard of
the discovery of a hoard of gold coins
II. hoard 2 BrE AmE ( also hoard up ) verb [transitive]
to collect and save large amounts of food, money etc, especially when it is not necessary to do so:
families who hoarded food during the strike
—hoarder noun [countable] :
I’m a hoarder when it comes to clothes.
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THESAURUS
▪ keep to leave something in one particular place so that you can find it easily:
Where do you keep the scissors?
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The keys are kept in my office.
▪ store to put things away and keep them until you need them:
Villagers have begun storing wood for the winter.
▪ save to keep something so that you can use or enjoy it in the future:
He had been saving the bottle of champagne for a special occasion.
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We can save the rest of the pie for later.
▪ file to store papers or information in a particular order or a particular place:
All the contracts are filed alphabetically.
▪ collect to get and keep objects of the same type because you think they are attractive or interesting:
Kate collects old postcards.
▪ hold to keep something to be used when it is needed, especially something that many different people may need to use:
Medical records are now usually held on computers.
▪ reserve formal to keep part of something for use at a later time during a process such as cooking:
Reserve some of the chocolate so that you can use it for decorating the cake.
▪ hoard to keep large amounts of food, money etc because you think you may not be able to get them in the future – used when you do not approve of people doing this because it is not necessary or not fair to other people:
People have been hoarding food and fuel in case there is another attack.
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Rationing of basic food products was introduced to prevent hoarding.