hoarding

[hawr-ding, hohr-]

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noun

the act of a person who hoards.

hoardings, things that are hoarded.

Origin of hoarding

First recorded in 1585–95; hoard + -ing¹

hoarding

[hawr-ding, hohr-]

noun

a temporary fence enclosing a construction site.

British. a billboard.

Origin of hoarding

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, adjective

Can be confusedhoard horde

Synonyms for hoard

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1. stockpile, reserve, cache, store, stock.

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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.”
I’m a Digital Hoarder
Lizzie Crocker
December 17, 2014
Perhaps I should be more understanding, now that my own hoarding tendencies are flaring up.
I’m a Digital Hoarder
Lizzie Crocker
December 17, 2014
But in the Digital Age, we're at risk of a new type of hoarding that is equally problematic.
I’m a Digital Hoarder
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.
The Eternal City
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.
A Great Man
Arnold Bennett
Thousands of millions of tons of it, while we've been hoarding it by grams.
Masters of Space
Edward Elmer Smith
"Hoarding," a voice answered, and others supplied the few details.
Police Your Planet
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, noun

Word Origin for hoard

Old English hord; related to Old Norse hodd, Gothic huzd, German Hort, Swedish hydda hut

usage

Hoard is sometimes wrongly written where horde is meant: hordes (not hoards) of tourists

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Word Origin and History for hoarding

hoard

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

Old English hordian, cognate with Old High German gihurten, German gehorden, Gothic huzdjan, from the root of hoard (n.). Related: Hoarded; hoarding.