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hoarding
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As a noun, hoarding means a temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.
Meanings of hoarding
7 meaningsnoun
UKA temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.
A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
chiefly britishindianA billboard.
The practice by of accumulating goods.
A good which is hoarded.
psychologyAn anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods.
Large outdoor signboard
Similar: billboard
verb
Present participle of hoard
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).