hoard

Everyday

1. A large store of money, food or valuable things, often kept secret. tree →
2. (verb) To collect and keep a lot of something, often more than you need, and hide it away. tree →
3. (history) A buried treasure of old coins or objects found by archaeologists. tree →

In the lessons

In stories dragons sit on a hoard of gold; squirrels hoard nuts for winter. In history lessons, hoards of Roman or Viking coins are found by metal detectors. In ethics, hoarding food when others need it is seen as selfish. Phrases: a hoard of gold, hoard food, treasure hoard, secret hoard.

Examples

• The dragon slept on a hoard of gold. tree →
• Squirrels hoard nuts for the winter. tree →
• A farmer found a hoard of Roman coins in his field. tree →
• My brother has a hoard of sweets under his bed. tree →
• People hoarded toilet paper when they were worried. tree →
• Don't hoard the crayons; share them with the table. tree →
• These pence the youth hoarded carefully till he had collected enough to buy a beautiful pair of pipes. tree →

Note

Homophone: «horde» (a large crowd, «a horde of children»). Hoard = stored things; horde = crowd of people. Noun: hoarder (a person who hoards).

In Jewish tradition

A treasure stored up. Here it means the great store God gives.

Interpretation. Isaiah says the true treasure is wisdom and the fear of the LORD. The tradition reads this as meaning that reverence for God is the real wealth.

Examples

• And the stability of thy times shall be a hoard of salvation — wisdom and knowledge, and the fear of the LORD which is His treasure. (Prophets ISA.33.6, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Homophone: «horde» (a large crowd, «a horde of children»). Hoard = stored things; horde = crowd of people. Noun: hoarder (a person who hoards).