Hoarding definition |Dictionary.com

Related Searches

on Ask.com

hoarding disorder

hoarding behavior

solutions for compulsive hoarding

clutter hoarding

obsessive compulsive hoarding

hoarding junk

hoarding syndrome

psychology of hoarding

animal hoarding

ocd hoarding

hoarding behavior compulsion

hoarders

hoarding

Sponsored Links Hoarding Cleanup Company
Clutter/Trash Cleaning Specialists Serving So. California Since 1995
www.steri-clean.com

Angotti clean out service
Debris, junk, clutter, stored items Free estimates, call now for help
www.Angotti.net

I was hoarding and obese,
living in clutter & drowning in fat Find out how I transformed my life.
www.NurturingHope.org

7 dictionary results for: Hoarding

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

hoard·ing1

[hawr-ding, hohr-] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	the act of a person who hoards.

2.	hoardings, things that are hoarded.

[Origin: 1585–95; hoard + -ing¹

]

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT

Sponsored Links Hoarding Cleanup Company
Clutter/Trash Cleaning Specialists Serving So. California Since 1995
www.steri-clean.com

Angotti clean out service
Debris, junk, clutter, stored items Free estimates, call now for help
www.Angotti.net

I was hoarding and obese,
living in clutter & drowning in fat Find out how I transformed my life.
www.NurturingHope.org

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

hoard·ing2

[hawr-ding, hohr-] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	a temporary fence enclosing a construction site.

2.	British. a billboard.

[Origin: 1815–25; obs. hoard (≪ OF hourd(e) palisade made of hurdles < Gmc; cf. G Hürde hurdle) + -ing¹

]

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

hoard   (hôrd, hōrd) Pronunciation Key
n.   A hidden fund or supply stored for future use; a cache.

v.   hoard·ed, hoard·ing, hoards

v.   intr.
To gather or accumulate a hoard.

v.   tr.

To accumulate a hoard of.
To keep hidden or private.

[Middle English hord, from Old English; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

hoard'er n.

(Download Now or Buy the Book)
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

hoard·ing (hôr'dĭng, hōr'-) Pronunciation Key
n.

A temporary wooden fence around a building or structure under construction or repair.
Chiefly British A billboard.

[Obsolete hoard, hourd, from French dialectal hourd, fence, scaffold, hurdle, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]

CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

hoarding
noun
large outdoor signboard [syn: billboard]

CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT

Jargon File - Cite This Source - Share This

hoarding

n. See software hoarding.

Jargon File 4.2.0

CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Hoarding

Hoard"ing\, n. [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, h["u]rde; akin to E. hurdle. [root]16. See Hurdle.]

1. (Arch.) 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.

CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT