hoard

hoard
1. noun
1) (store laid by) Vorrat, der

make/collect a hoard of something — etwas horten

2) (fig.): (amassed stock) Sammlung, die
2. transitive verb

hoard [up] — horten [Geld, Brennmaterial, Lebensmittel usw.]; hamstern [Lebensmittel]

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[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.) der Vorrat
2. verb
(to store up or keep large quantities of (something), often in secret: His mother told him to stop hoarding old newspapers.) horten
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hoard
[hɔ:d, AM hɔ:rd]
I. n (of money, food) Vorrat m (of an +dat); (treasure) Schatz m
\hoard [of weapons] Waffenlager nt
II. vt
to \hoard sth etw horten; food also etw hamstern
III. vi Vorräte anlegen
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[hɔːd]
1. n
Vorrat m; (= treasure) Schatz m

a hoard of weapons — ein Waffenlager nt

hoard of money — Schatz m, gehortetes Geld

2. vt
food etc hamstern; money, supplies, weapons horten; information zusammentragen

a squirrel hoards nuts for the winter — ein Eichhörnchen hortet Nüsse für den Winter

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hoard [hɔː(r)d; US auch həʊrd]
A s
a) Hort m, Schatz m
b) Vorrat m (of an dat)
B v/t auch hoard up horten, hamstern
C v/i hamstern, sich Vorräte anlegen
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1. noun
1) (store laid by) Vorrat, der

make/collect a hoard of something — etwas horten

2) (fig.): (amassed stock) Sammlung, die
2. transitive verb

hoard [up] — horten [Geld, Brennmaterial, Lebensmittel usw.]; hamstern [Lebensmittel]

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n.
Schatz -¨e m.
Vorrat -¨e m. v.
anhäufen v.
hamstern v.
horten v.
sich Vorräte anlegen ausdr.

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