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hoarding Definition

hoard·ing (hôrdiŋ)

noun

  1. a temporary wooden fence around a site of building construction or repair
  2. a billboard

Etymology: < obs. hoard, hoarding < OFr hourde < Frank *hurda, enclosure, pen: for IE base see hurdle

hoarding Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • erect: How do I obtain a permit to erect hoardings?
  • decorate: Boscombe residents are invited to participate in the design of a temporary mural to decorate the hoardings around the new Boscombe Library site.
  • include: The definition includes any hoarding or similar structure used for the display of the advertisement.
  • have: There are plans to have hoardings with some writing about the city in the development.
  • remove: Kevin Noble of Spon End Red Brick Residents Association said Railtrack had agreed to remove the hoardings, which were now badly damaged.
  • see: On the way I saw a newspaper hoarding which basically said the Scots had drunk the city dry with not a single arrest.

Modifies a noun

  • panel: When the posts are installed DK fittings simply locate over the posts ready to accept the hoarding panels.
  • license: At least 2 weeks notice should be given when applying for a scaffold or hoarding license.

Adjective modifier

  • wooden: For the occasion stretches of wooden hoardings on the High Street side had been removed.
  • huge: A two-page advert appeared in the London Evening Standard and three different posters went up on huge hoardings at strategic points around the capital.
  • large: A large hoarding has marked the spot for some time.
  • mobile: Every day, thousands of mobile advertising hoardings are on the roads of the United Kingdom.
  • such: Temple prostitutes were a common means of attracting precious metals for such pious hoarding, rather than trade.
  • animal: Yet attempting to mitigate or prevent animal hoarding is usually futile.

Preposition: on

  • highway: Scaffold / Hoarding License In order to regulate the placing of scaffolding / hoardings on the highway you are required to obtain a license.

Noun used with modifier

  • advertising: Advertising hoardings loaded with neon lights reach up for the sky.
  • advertisement: Mr Armstrong: On advertisement hoardings, everyone advertises from his point of view.
  • poster: Radio, bus backs and large poster hoarding sites have been used to carry the message.
  • labor: On the employment side, labor market reforms have discouraged labor hoarding.
  • site: He was given the task of establishing the site, which included the erection of a site hoarding around the perimeter.

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