Wordhoard
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wordhoard is a noun meaning Vocabulary; the totality of words of a language or a person.
Meaning
Vocabulary; the totality of words of a language or a person.
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Example Sentences
Beowulf unlocked his word hoard. “We come, indeed, from across the sea.”
Primary additions to the wordhoard tend to come from commercial sources[.]
Emerson came, unlocking his word hoard on nature and friendship and compensation, and irradiating his thoughts'with that peculiar slow smile that was like the emerging of the sun from behind a cloud.
Still, in spite of the sensation of being caught between a ‘shield-wall’ of opaque references and a ‘word-hoard’ that is old and strange, such readers are also bound to feel a certain ‘shock of the new’.
Word Forms
- wordhoards
- word-hoard
Synonyms for wordhoard
Depending on context, synonyms include lexicon, word-stock.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gold-hoard, wordcloud, kaboodle, book-worm, waste good, jibberish.
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