HOARDING

billboard, hoarding

(noun) large outdoor signboard

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

hoarding (plural hoardings)

(UK) A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.

A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.

(chiefly, British) A billboard.

Etymology 2

See hoard

Noun

hoarding (uncountable)

a behavior where people or animals accumulate food or other items

an anxiety disorder, of people who experience feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding unneeded items

Synonyms: compulsive hoarding, hoarding disorder

Verb

hoarding

present participle of hoard

Antonyms

• decluttering

Source: Wiktionary

Hoard"ing, n. Etym: [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, hürde; akin to E. hurdle. sq. root16. See Hurdle.]

1. (Arch.)

Definition: A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.] Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. London Graphic.

2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something. The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin. Tyndall.

HOARD

Hoard, n.

Definition: See Hoarding, 2. Smart.

Hoard, n. Etym: [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel. hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See Hide to conceal.]

Definition: A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.

Hoard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.] Etym: [AS. hordian.]

Definition: To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.

Hoard, v. i.

Definition: To lay up a store or hoard, as of money. To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition