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verzamelaar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accumulator noun One who, or that which, accumulates.
  • collector noun A person who collects items, often as a hobby.
  • hoarder noun Someone who compulsively collects and keeps things, often far beyond what is useful or necessary.

Senses

verzamelaar is used for these senses in English:

  • accumulator (literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.
  • collector A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
  • hoarder One who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess.

accumulator — full definition

  1. noun One who, or that which, accumulates.
  2. noun A wet-cell storage battery.
  3. noun A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
  4. noun A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.

collector — full definition

  1. noun A person who collects items, often as a hobby.
  2. noun A person or agency whose job is to collect payments owed.
  3. noun Electronics: the terminal of a transistor that gathers current from the base and emitter.

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