noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈhɔːdɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)dɪŋ
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, Hong-Kong, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A billboard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The practice of accumulating goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A good which is hoarded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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6
noun
Meaning 6
An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: compulsive hoarding, hoarding disorder
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of hoard
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
large outdoor signboard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: billboard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: signboard, sign
History
Etymology
From hoard (“structure”) + -ing.
Etymology tree English hoard Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English hoarding From hoard + -ing.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
cadafal
— roofed wooden shield over the battlements
French:
hourd
— roofed wooden shield over the battlements
Galician:
andamio
— roofed wooden shield over the battlements
German:
Hurde
— roofed wooden shield over the battlements
Portuguese:
cadafalso
— roofed wooden shield over the battlements
Spanish:
cadalso
— roofed wooden shield over the battlements
Catalan:
acaparament
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items
Chinese Mandarin:
囤積 /囤积
(túnjī)
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items
Dutch:
hamsteren
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items
Finnish:
keräily
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items
Finnish:
hamstraus
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items
German:
Hamstern
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items
German:
Horten
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items
Hungarian:
felhalmozás
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items
Korean:
사재기
(sajaegi)
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items
Serbo-Croatian:
gomilanje
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items
Serbo-Croatian:
pravljenje zaliha
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items
Serbo-Croatian:
skupljanje zaliha
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items
Swedish:
hamstring
— behavior of people or animals accumulating food or other items