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1 treasure
['treʒə] 1. noun1) (a store of money, gold, jewels etc: The miser kept a secret hoard of treasure; ( also adjective) a treasure chest.) fjársjóður2) (something very valuable: Our babysitter is a real treasure!) gersemi, perla2. verb1) (to value; to think of as very valuable: I treasure the hours I spend in the country.) meta mikils2) (to keep (something) carefully because one values it: I treasure the book you gave me.) varðveita, geyma•- treasurer -
2 hoard
[ho:d] 1. noun(a (sometimes hidden) store (of treasure, food etc): When she was supposed to be on a diet she secretly kept a hoard of potato crisps in a cupboard.) forði2. verb(to store up or keep large quantities of (something), often in secret: His mother told him to stop hoarding old newspapers.) safna saman; hamstra- hoarder
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treasure — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 collection of very valuable objects ADJECTIVE ▪ buried, hidden, lost, sunken ▪ pirate, royal ▪ vast … Collocations dictionary
hoard — noun a store of money or valued objects. ↘an amassed store of useful information. verb amass and hide or store away. Derivatives hoarder noun Origin OE hord (n.), hordian (v.), of Gmc origin. Usage The words hoard and horde are sometimes confused … English new terms dictionary
hoard — [n] stockpile abundance, accumulation, agglomeration, aggregation, amassment, backlog, cache, collection, conglomeration, cumulation, fund, garner, heap, inventory, mass, nest egg*, pile, reserve, reservoir, riches, stock, store, supply, treasure … New thesaurus
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hoard — I noun accumulation, acervus, aggregation, amassment, cache, collection, copia, cumulation, fund, heap, mass, repository, reserves, riches, saving, stack, stock, stockpile, store, supply, treasure II verb accrue, accumulate, acquire, agglomerate … Law dictionary
Hoard — Hoard, n. [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel. hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See {Hide} to conceal.] A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hoard´er — hoard «hrd, hohrd», verb, noun. –v.t. to save and store away: »The squirrel hoarded nuts for the winter. The miser hoarded his money. SYNONYM(S): treasure, amass, accumulate. –v.i. to save and store away money, goods, etc. –n. what is saved and… … Useful english dictionary
treasure — trea·sure n: personal property that is hidden in something else for an extended period and whose owner cannot be determined Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. treasure … Law dictionary
treasure — [n] prized possession or entity abundance, apple of one’s eye*, cache, capital, cash, catch*, darling, find, fortune, funds, gem, gold, hoard, jewel, money, nest egg*, nonpareil, paragon, pearl*, pile*, plum*, pride and joy*, prize, reserve,… … New thesaurus
