hoarding

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔːdɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Old French hourd, hourt (“barrier, palisade”).

Noun

hoarding (plural hoardings)

  1. (UK) A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.
    • 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 57:
      The west side is one massive building site, although it's hard to appreciate what's going on behind all the hoardings.
  2. A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
  3. (chiefly Britain or India) A billboard.
    • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, TWO.IX:
      Nobody has ever seen Big Brother. He is a face on the hoardings, a voice on the telescreen. We may be reasonably sure that he will never die, and there is already considerable uncertainty as to when he was born.
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Etymology 2

See hoard

Noun

hoarding (uncountable)

  1. The practice by of accumulating goods.
  2. A good which is hoarded.
  3. (psychology) An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods.
    Synonyms: compulsive hoarding, hoarding disorder
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Verb

hoarding

  1. present participle of hoard
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