packrat

A noun referring to a person who collects and hoards a large variety of often useless or miscellaneous objects, or to a bushy-tailed rodent of the genus Neotoma native to western North America, known for hoarding food and other items.

• 🌐اسم يطلق على الشخص الذي يجمع ويكدس كميات كبيرة من الأشياء، وغالباً ما تكون غير ضرورية أو متنوعة، كما يطلق على قارض أمريكي شمالي من جنس Neotoma يتميز بجمع الطعام والأشياء وتخزينها.

1. Hoarding person B2 informal american

   A person who collects and stores a large number of often useless or trivial items.

   • My grandfather is a real packrat; he never throws away old newspapers.
   • She's become a bit of a packrat, keeping every receipt from the past decade.
   • Being a packrat, his garage is filled with boxes of random junk.

   🌐جامع المقتنيات

   المرادفات: accumulatorcollectorhoardermagpiesquirrel

   الأضداد: minimalist

2. Rodent species C1 formal american scientific

   A bushy-tailed rodent of the genus Neotoma, native to western North America, known for gathering and storing food and other objects.

   • The packrat built its nest using twigs, leaves, and shiny objects it found.
   • Packrats are known for their habit of collecting and hoarding various items.
   • A packrat's den can contain a surprising assortment of natural and man-made materials.

   🌐نوع من القوارض

   المرادفات: pack rattrade ratwood rat

• packrats plural form
• packrats' possessive plural form
• packrat's possessive singular form