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.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une personne qui accumule et conserve une grande quantité d'objets souvent inutiles ou hétéroclites, ou un rongeur à queue touffue du genre Neotoma, vivant dans l'ouest de l'Amérique du Nord, connu pour amasser de la nourriture et divers objets.

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.

   🇫🇷accumulateur compulsif

   Synonymes: accumulatorcollectorhoardermagpiesquirrel

   Antonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷Rat des bois (Neotoma)

   Synonymes: pack rattrade ratwood rat

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