hoard
noun/hɔrd/
Frequency rank: #10,284 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a secret stock or store of something valuable, kept hidden away.
Example sentence
The old man kept his hoard of gold coins hidden beneath the floorboards.
Synonyms & related words
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