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fount
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of fountain
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?nt
Noun
fount (plural founts)
- Something from which water flows.
- A device from which poultry may drink.
- (figuratively) That from which something flows or proceeds; a source.
- He is a real fount of knowledge!
Synonyms
- font
- fountain
- (device from which animals drink): waterer
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).
Alternative forms
- font
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?nt/
- Homophone: font
Noun
fount (plural founts)
- (typography, Britain, dated) A typographic font.
References
- “fount” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Bringhurst, Robert (2002). The Elements of Typographic Style, version 2.5, pp 291–2. Vancouver, Hartley & Marks. ?ISBN.
Anagrams
- FUTON, futon
Occitan
Noun
fount f (plural founts)
- spring, fountain
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hoard
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /h??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h??d/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ho(?)?d/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ho?d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
- Homophones: horde, whored
Etymology 1
From Middle English hord, from Old English hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-Germanic *huzd? (“treasure; hoard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kusd?o-. Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin custos (“guard; keeper”).
Noun
hoard (plural hoards)
- A hidden supply or fund.
- a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money
- (archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
Translations
Verb
hoard (third-person singular simple present hoards, present participle hoarding, simple past and past participle hoarded)
- To amass, usually for one's own private collection.
Synonyms
- engross, uphoard; see also Thesaurus:amass
Antonyms
- declutter
Translations
Related terms
- hoarder
- hoardy
Etymology 2
See hoarding.
Noun
hoard (plural hoards)
- A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
- A hoarding (billboard).
Etymology 3
Noun
hoard
- Misspelling of horde.
See also
- Hoarding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- hoard (archaeology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- horde
Anagrams
- Rhoad, Rhoda, hadro-
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