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• present participle of hoard.

hoarding

¹ American  

[hawr-ding] / ˈhɔr dɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of a person or animal that hoards.

   Depression-era hoarding, when gold coins disappeared from circulation;

   the hoarding of nuts by chipmunks.

2. hoardings, things that are hoarded.

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hoarding ² American  

[hawr-ding, hohr-] / ˈhɔr dɪŋ, ˈhoʊr- /

noun

1. a temporary fence enclosing a construction site.

2. British. a billboard.

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hoarding British  

/ ˈhɔːdɪŋ /

noun

1. Also called (esp US and Canadian): billboard.  a large board used for displaying advertising posters, as by a road

2. a temporary wooden fence erected round a building or demolition site

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Etymology

Origin of hoarding¹

First recorded in 1585–95; hoard + -ing ¹

Origin of hoarding²

First recorded in 1815–25; obsolete hoard (from Old French hourd(e) “palisade made of hurdles,” from Germanic; compare German Hürde “hurdle”) + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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hoarding

While you don’t have any control over point devaluation, you can protect yourself by spending your points and not hoarding them.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

That is to keep teams from hoarding revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Yes, as these companies’ statements uniformly note, those chips are being taken up by the A.I. data center rush, with Google and OpenAI leading the way in hoarding these processors.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

But when they walked past on Tuesday, the once colourful store was covered in hoarding after all shops closed.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

All she knew was that someone had all her secrets and was hoarding them like diamonds.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

Related Words

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