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- [hawr-ding, hohr-]
- /ˈhɔr dɪŋ, ˈhoʊr-/
- /ˈhɔː.dɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hawr-ding, hohr-]
- /ˈhɔr dɪŋ, ˈhoʊr-/
Definitions of hoarding word
- noun hoarding a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver. 1
- verb with object hoarding to accumulate for preservation, future use, etc., in a hidden or carefully guarded place: to hoard food during a shortage. 1
- verb without object hoarding to accumulate money, food, or the like, in a hidden or carefully guarded place for preservation, future use, etc. 1
- noun hoarding A large board in a public place, used to display advertisements; a billboard. 1
- noun hoarding advertising board 1
- noun hoarding obsessive keeping 1
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Origin of hoarding
First appearance:
before 1585 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; hoard + -ing1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hoarding
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hoarding popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hoarding usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hoarding
noun hoarding
- billboard — A billboard is a very large board on which posters are displayed.
- advertisement — An advertisement is an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job.
- placard — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- poster — post horse.
- bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
adjective hoarding
- accumulative — If something is accumulative, it becomes greater in amount, number, or intensity over a period of time.
- avaricious — An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
- money grubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- pinchpenny — a miser or niggard.
Antonyms for hoarding
noun hoarding
- dissipation — the act of dissipating.
- barrens — (in North America) a stretch of usually level land that is sparsely vegetated or barren
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- dust bowl — the region in the S central U.S. that suffered from dust storms in the 1930s.
- waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
Top questions with hoarding
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