English Explanatory Dictionary

wordhoard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Vocabulary; the totality of words of a language or a person.
  2. Thesaurus.

Word forms

wordhoard wordhoards word-hoard

Etymology

A modern revival of Old English wordhord (“treasury of words”). Compare Dutch woordenschat, German Wortschatz. By surface analysis, word + hoard.

Synonyms

vocabulary lexicon word-stock
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