hoarding

Pluralhoardings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of hoard. Use it after is, are or was, or as the name of the action.

   The squirrel is hoarding nuts under the old oak tree for the winter.

   Hoarding food during the storm left the store shelves empty for everyone else.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The habit or act of collecting and keeping a lot of things.

   News of the flood led to the hoarding of bottled water and bread.

   The government warned that hoarding would only make the fuel shortage worse.

   Similarstockpiling, accumulation

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A mental health problem where a person feels they must keep collecting things and gets very upset about throwing them away.

   Her uncle's hoarding got so bad that he could barely walk through his kitchen.

   The doctor said his hoarding was an illness, not just a messy habit.

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4. 4
   nounCommonwealthIrelandUKcountable

   A large board outside where advertisements are shown, called a billboard in the US.

   A giant hoarding by the motorway showed a new phone.

   Posters for the band's tour went up on hoardings all over town.

   Similarbillboard

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5. 5
   nounAustraliaCanadaHong KongIrelandNew ZealandUKcountable

   A tall temporary fence put up around a building site to keep it safe and keep people out.

   We could hear the diggers behind the hoarding but could not see the work.

   The builders painted the hoardings around the new library bright green.

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6. 6
   nounhistoricalcountable

   A wooden shelter with a roof, built out over the top of a castle wall in the past.

   From the hoarding, the guards could see the whole valley below the castle.

   The museum built a model of the castle with its wooden hoardings in place.

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