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HOARDED WEALTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hoarded wealth mean?
• HOARDED WEALTH (noun)
The noun HOARDED WEALTH has 1 sense:
1. accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
Familiarity information: HOARDED WEALTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
hoarded wealth; treasure
Context example:
the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies
Hypernyms ("hoarded wealth" is a kind of...):
riches; wealth (an abundance of material possessions and resources)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hoarded wealth"):
fortune (a large amount of wealth or prosperity)
valuable (something of value)
king's ransom (a very large treasure)
treasure trove; trove (treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth))
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