Words / C1

HORD/hɔːd/

To hoard is to collect and hide a store of something, often more than needed: hoard supplies, hoard data. Store is everyday and neutral; stockpile can be official; share and publish sit opposite. A private drive full of incident logs is not transparency.

Meaning

To collect and hide a large store of something, often more than you need.

Examples

• “Do not hoard the incident log in a private drive while the press note claims “full transparency”.”
• “Store is everyday. Stockpile can be planned reserves. A hoard (noun) is the stash. Treasure is storybook. Transparency is a public file path. Comms copy is a sentence. Put the log where the policy said it would sit.”

Good to know

Stockpile and hide away. Everyday: store. Noun: a hoard. Opposite flavour: publish / share. A private drive ≠ transparency.

Near in meaning

stockpile

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