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word-hoard — word′ hoard n. ling. a person s vocabulary • Etymology: 1890–95; literal mod. rendering of OE wordhord … From formal English to slang
word-hoard — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: translation of Old English wordhord : a supply of words : vocabulary given to much free and easy unlocking of his word hoard G.K.Anderson * * * /werrd hawrd , hohrd /, n. a person s vocabulary. [1890 95; literal mod.… … Useful english dictionary
word-hoard — noun Etymology: translation of Old English wordhord Date: 1850 a supply of words ; vocabulary … New Collegiate Dictionary
word-hoard — /werrd hawrd , hohrd /, n. a person s vocabulary. [1890 95; literal mod. rendering of OE wordhord] * * * … Universalium
word-hoard — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun All the words of a language: lexicon, vocabulary. See WORDS … English dictionary for students
The Word Hoard — also known as the trunk manuscripts was a large body of text (approximately 1000 typewriter pages) produced by author William S. Burroughs between roughly 1953 and 1958. It constitutes the main body of Burroughs most experimental novels.cite book … Wikipedia
word — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Written communication Nouns 1. word, term, expression, locution, linguistic unit or form, word form, lexeme; homonym, synonym, antonym, heteronym, homophone; syllable, monosyllable, polysyllable; stem,… … English dictionary for students
hoard — I UK [hɔː(r)d] / US [hɔrd] noun [countable] Word forms hoard : singular hoard plural hoards a large amount of something that someone has saved or hidden somewhere II UK [hɔː(r)d] / US [hɔrd] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms hoard :… … English 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 — [OE] Etymologically, a hoard is ‘that which one hides’. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *khuzdam, which was derived from the same base as the verb hide. (Hoarding [19], incidentally, is not etymologically connected; it comes from an… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
