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Hoarding
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- 1 A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them. historical
- 2 The practice of accumulating goods. countable, uncountable
"But that doesn’t solve harder questions about the hoarding of vaccines, raw materials and patent rights in the west, or the fact that Covax clearly isn’t working as fast as it should."
- 3 large outdoor signboard wordnet
- 4 A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public. Australia, Canada, Hong-Kong, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK
"Making inquiries she came to a hoarding, within which were excavations denoting the foundations of a building; and on the boards without one or two large posters announcing that the foundation-stone of the chapel about to be erected would be laid that afternoon at three o’clock by a London preacher of great popularity among his body."
- 5 A good which is hoarded. countable
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- 6 A billboard. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
"Nobody has ever seen Big Brother. He is a face on the hoardings, a voice on the telescreen. We may be reasonably sure that he will never die, and there is already considerable uncertainty as to when he was born."
- 7 An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods. countable, uncountable
"Hoarding can be distressing and dangerous. But it’s not just a matter of ‘too much stuff’ – it’s a complex condition that requires careful, targeted help[.]"
- 1 present participle and gerund of hoard form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
From hoard (“structure”) + -ing.
From hoard + -ing.
From hoard + -ing.
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