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packrat

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

  • pack rat, pack-rat

Etymology

pack +? rat

Pronunciation

Noun

packrat (plural packrats)

  1. Any of several species of rodent in the genus Neotoma, most commonly the bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea), that gather vegetation and other materials into shelters (middens).
  2. One who tends to acquire various objects; one who collects, accumulates or has trouble throwing things away; a hoarder.
Translations

Verb

packrat (third-person singular simple present packrats, present participle packratting, simple past and past participle packratted)

  1. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To hoard things.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:amass

Anagrams

  • Rat Pack, rat pack

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hoarder

English

Etymology

From Middle English horder, hordere (a keeper of a store of goods), from Old English hordere (a treasurer, steward, chamberlain), equivalent to hoard +? -er.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?h??d?/, /?ho?d?/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??d?/
  • Hyphenation: hoard?er

Noun

hoarder (plural hoarders)

  1. One who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess.
    Synonym: hoardy

Synonyms

  • pack rat

Antonyms

  • declutterer

Translations

Anagrams

  • hard roe

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