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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. large outdoor signboard;
[syn: billboard, hoarding]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hoard \Hoard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.] [AS. hordian.] To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hoarding \Hoard"ing\, n. [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, h["u]rde; akin to E. hurdle. [root]16. See Hurdle.] 1. (Arch.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. --London Graphic. [1913 Webster] 2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something. [1913 Webster] The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hoarding n 1: large outdoor signboard [syn: billboard, hoarding]
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

hoarding n. See software hoarding.