hoarding
noun
[ ˈhɔːdɪŋ ]
• a large board in a public place, used to display advertisements.
Origin:
early 19th century: from obsolete hoard in the same sense (probably based on Old French hourd ; related to hurdle) + -ing1.
hoard
verb
• accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away.
• "thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector"
Similar:
store,
store up,
stock up on,
stockpile,
put aside,
put by,
put away,
lay by,
lay in,
lay up,
set aside,
stow away,
buy up,
cache,
amass,
heap up,
pile up,
stack up,
collect,
save,
gather,
garner,
accumulate,
husband,
squirrel away,
put to one side,
put away for a rainy day,
stash away,
salt away,
Origin:
Old English hord (noun), hordian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Hort (noun), horten (verb).
