Definition of "word-hoard" [word-hoard]

• The sum of words one uses or understands; a vocabulary. (noun)

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• "The other is the fire-new phenomenon: terms minted from the existing word-hoard."
• "I take some of the imagery and vocabulary from that mythic word-hoard of Celtic stories."
• "It is, however, becoming ever clearer, and to an increasing number, how supremely important is Icelandic as a word-hoard to the"