different between hoard vs intreasure

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)

1. A hidden supply or fund.

   a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money

2. (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)

1. 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)

1. A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
2. A hoarding (billboard).

Etymology 3

Noun

hoard

1. Misspelling of horde.

See also

• Hoarding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hoard (archaeology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• horde

Anagrams

• Rhoad, Rhoda, hadro-

English

Verb

intreasure (third-person singular simple present intreasures, present participle intreasuring, simple past and past participle intreasured)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard.

Synonyms

• amound, engross; see also Thesaurus:amass

Anagrams

• arseniuret, uniserrate