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单词 hoarding
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hoarding

1
[ hawr-ding ]
/ ˈhɔr dɪŋ /
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noun

the act of a person or animal that hoards: Depression-era hoarding, when gold coins disappeared from circulation;the hoarding of nuts by chipmunks.
hoardings, things that are hoarded.

Origin of hoarding

1
First recorded in 1585–95; hoard + -ing1

Words nearby hoarding

hoagie, Hoagland, hoagy, hoar, hoard, hoarding, Hoare, hoarfrost, hoarhound, hoarse, hoarsen

Definition for hoarding (2 of 2)

hoarding2
[ hawr-ding, hohr- ]
/ ˈhɔr dɪŋ, ˈhoʊr- /

noun

a temporary fence enclosing a construction site.
British. a billboard.

Origin of hoarding

2
1815–25; obsolete hoard (≪ Old French hourd(e) palisade made of hurdles <Germanic; compare German Hürde hurdle) + -ing1
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British Dictionary definitions for hoarding

hoarding
/ (ˈhɔːdɪŋ) /

noun

a large board used for displaying advertising posters, as by a roadAlso called (esp US and Canadian): billboard
a temporary wooden fence erected round a building or demolition site

Word Origin for hoarding

C19: from C15 hoard fence, from Old French hourd palisade, of Germanic origin, related to Gothic haurds, Old Norse hurth door
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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