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Meanings of hoarding in English

Catalan
acaparament
Spanish
acaparamiento
Wikidata

Intentional accumulation of items for later use.

      Related terms
      acaparament
      Portuguese
      outdoor
      Catalan
      cartellera

      Large outdoor signboard.

            outdoor
            Synonyms
            Examples for "hamstering"
            Examples for "hamstering"
            1
            Yawn; she might as well be back hamstering around behind the high school if she was going to spend three hours circling city blocks.
            Born to run: a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest rac...
            Usage of hoarding in English
            1
            Perhaps the greatest concern, however, is that banks are hoarding government bonds.
            Reuters
            2
            The register was introduced for councils last year to prevent land hoarding.
            The Irish Times
            3
            Apparently, in the early days, there was some incident of food hoarding.
            Mockingjay
            4
            The hoarding and roadworks will soon unveil a gleaming new leisure centre.
            The Irish Times
            5
            Two: the practitioners are hoarding their strength against the moment of escape.'
            Return of the Crimson Guard
            6
            So far, despite the shortages, there hasn't been any pilferage or hoarding.
            Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
            7
            The fact is I have been so far engaged in hoarding-heapingtogether.
            The Mating of Lydia
            8
            Fortunately, they'd been hoarding gasoline against exactly this sort of an emergency.
            Out of the dark
            9
            The two friends walked past the hoarding, Lucien talking eagerly the while.
            Eve and David
            10
            We see our world fair and common, the hoarding and the pit.
            The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories
            11
            For twenty years Ghanet had been hoarding a treasure that is bogus.
            The smoke room: a novel of suspense
            12
            The other day we had to bring in a shrink for hoarding.
            Reuters
            13
            But Treasury-hoarding bears, newly emboldened, say the move down is not over.
            Reuters
            14
            So great was that difficulty that the practice of hoarding was common.
            The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
            15
            Banks were not made as strong boxes for the hoarding of money.
            The Root of Evil
            16
            During conference calls, executives were grilled by analysts about their apparent cash-hoarding.
            Reuters
            About this term
            Translations for hoarding
            Portuguese
            outdoor
            Hoarding through the time
            Hoarding across language varieties
            Ireland
            Common
            United States of America
            Common
            United Kingdom
            Less common