Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
hoarding 1[hawr-ding, hohr-] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for hoarding on Thesaurus.com noun
Origin of hoarding 1First recorded in 1585–95; hoard + -ing1 hoarding 2[hawr-ding, hohr-] noun
- a temporary fence enclosing a construction site.
- British. a billboard.
Origin of hoarding 2 1815–25; obsolete hoard (≪ Old French hourd(e) palisade made of hurdles Germanic; compare German Hürde hurdle) + -ing1 hoard [hawrd, hohrd] noun
- a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
verb (used with object)
- to accumulate for preservation, future use, etc., in a hidden or carefully guarded place: to hoard food during a shortage.
verb (used without object)
- to accumulate money, food, or the like, in a hidden or carefully guarded place for preservation, future use, etc.
Origin of hoard before 900; Middle English hord(e), Old English hord; cognate with Old Norse hodd, Old High German hort, Gothic huzd treasure; see hide1, hide2 Related formshoard·er, nounun·hoard·ed, adjectiveCan be confusedhoard hordeSynonyms for hoard See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com 1. stockpile, reserve, cache, store, stock. Related Words for hoarding amass, stockpile, stash, gather, save, hide, squirrel, treasure, acquire, cache, garner, collect, deposit, scrimp, keep, store Examples from the Web for hoarding Contemporary Examples of hoarding
Panicked, I reached out to hoarding experts, who often refer to any kind of obsessive digital collecting as “infomania.”
Lizzie Crocker
December 17, 2014
Perhaps I should be more understanding, now that my own hoarding tendencies are flaring up.
Lizzie Crocker
December 17, 2014
But in the Digital Age, we’re at risk of a new type of hoarding that is equally problematic.
Lizzie Crocker
December 17, 2014
The financial system is awash with money, yet the Federal Reserve accuses both consumers and institutions of hoarding it.
How Young People Are Destroying Liberty
James Poulos
October 11, 2014
Hoarding is now a cottage industry, as shoppers try to get a jump on price gougers by snapping up staple goods by the trunk-load.
Venezuela’s Audio Hoax Sees Chavez Speaking From the Grave
Mac Margolis
October 8, 2013
Historical Examples of hoarding
She had been hoarding it up for that secret hour, and now she was alone with it, and all the world was still.
Hall Caine
The Pasha also seems perfectly indifferent to hoarding money.
Journal of a Residence at Bagdad
Anthony Groves
Nearly every other omnibus carried the legend of The Plague-Spot; every hoarding had it.
Arnold Bennett
Thousands of millions of tons of it, while we’ve been hoarding it by grams.
Edward Elmer Smith
“Hoarding,” a voice answered, and others supplied the few details.
Lester del Rey
British Dictionary definitions for hoarding hoarding noun
- a large board used for displaying advertising posters, as by a roadAlso called (esp US and Canadian): billboard
- a temporary wooden fence erected round a building or demolition site
Word Origin for hoarding C19: from C15 hoard fence, from Old French hourd palisade, of Germanic origin, related to Gothic haurds, Old Norse hurth door hoard noun
- an accumulated store hidden away for future use
- a cache of ancient coins, treasure, etc
verb
- to gather or accumulate (a hoard)
Derived Formshoarder, nounWord Origin for hoard Old English hord; related to Old Norse hodd, Gothic huzd, German Hort, Swedish hydda hutusage Hoard is sometimes wrongly written where horde is meant: hordes (not hoards) of tourists Word Origin and History for hoarding hoard n.
Old English hord “treasure, valuable stock or store,” from Proto-Germanic *huzdam (cf. Old Saxon hord “treasure, hidden or inmost place,” Old Norse hodd, German Hort, Gothic huzd “treasure,” literally “hidden treasure”), from PIE root *(s)keu- “to cover, conceal” (see hide (n.1)).
hoard v.
Old English hordian, cognate with Old High German gihurten, German gehorden, Gothic huzdjan, from the root of hoard (n.). Related: Hoarded; hoarding.