Standard Lemma guide

hoarding

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhɔːdɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)dɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AO1 R D IH0 NG 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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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
  • Dutch: hoarding — anxiety disorder
  • Dutch: verzamelstoornis — anxiety disorder
  • Finnish: keräilypakko — anxiety disorder
  • Finnish: pakonomainen keräily — anxiety disorder
  • Finnish: hamstraus — anxiety disorder
  • French: syllogomanie — anxiety disorder
  • German: Messie-Syndrom — anxiety disorder
  • Hungarian: (kényszeres/patologikus) gyűjtögetés — anxiety disorder
  • Hungarian: halmozás — anxiety disorder
  • Italian: disturbo da accumulo — anxiety disorder
  • Serbo-Croatian: patološko skupljanje — anxiety disorder
  • Serbo-Croatian: kompulzivno skupljanje — anxiety disorder
  • Spanish: síndrome de acumulación compulsiva — anxiety disorder
  • Spanish: síndrome de acaparador compulsivo — anxiety disorder