hoarding
hoarding Lexical Profile
hoarding Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The practice of collecting or accumulating money, food, or other valuable objects, often in secret or in excessive quantities for future use.
"The sudden shortage of cooking oil in supermarkets was largely driven by panic buying and hoarding."
A recognized psychological disorder characterized by the persistent, compulsive acquisition of and inability to discard large numbers of possessions, regardless of their actual value, resulting in severely cluttered living spaces.
"Cognitive behavioral therapy is frequently used to help patients manage compulsive hoarding."
British A large, flat board erected in a public place or alongside a road to display advertisements or posters.
"Brightly colored election posters were pasted across every advertising hoarding along the high street."
British A temporary high wooden or metal fence erected around a building site or structure undergoing demolition or repair to ensure safety and privacy.
"Pedestrians peered through a small gap in the painted timber hoarding to watch the excavators at work."
Word Nuance & Usage
The word 'hoarding' encompasses two etymologically distinct nouns: the global sense referring to the excessive accumulation of possessions (from 'hoard'), and the primarily British sense referring to a temporary construction fence or large advertising billboard (from Anglo-Norman 'hurd', meaning hurdle).
• Rhymes for hoarding
Word Origin & Etymology
In the sense of accumulating items, derived from Old English 'hordian' (to amass treasure). In the British sense of a temporary fence or billboard, recorded from the early 19th century as a derivative of the obsolete noun 'hoard' (a wooden hurdle or barrier), from Anglo-Norman 'hurd'.