Plural of hoarding
regular plural
The plural of hoarding is hoardings.
Forms of hoarding
| Singular | hoarding /ˈhɔːdɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | hoardings |
| Countable | countable |
Hoardings in a sentence
- They’re a familiar sight to many: the eye-roll-inducing, over-the-top development hoardings and adverts that celebrate the (inevitably luxury and, to most people, unaffordable) developments soon to be added to the city skyline.2015 October 2, Francesca Perry, “What are the most ridiculous property development adverts you've seen?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- The west side is one massive building site, although it's hard to appreciate what's going on behind all the hoardings.2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 57
- Between the steelworks and the mighty Yangtze River, demolished buildings and hoardings advertise a new logistics centre.2012, Tom Miller, “The Construction Orgy: Paving the Fields”, in China's Urban Billion: The Story Behind the Biggest Migration in Human…. From the entry smokestack
- These days, raunch is everywhere—not only on the internet and television, but on advertising hoardings and the sides of buses.2013 August 17, Bagehot, “Tits, out”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8849. From the entry raunch
- One of the current melodrama uses on the hoardings a four-sheet poster showing the picture of a motherly old woman with a baby in her arms.1900, Fame, page 472. From the entry piping times
Meaning of hoarding
- noun A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
- noun A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.
- noun A billboard.
Questions about the plural of hoarding
- What is the plural of hoarding?
- The plural of hoarding is hoardings.
- Is hoarding countable?
- Hoarding is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hoarding (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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