Hoarding Hoarding is a behavior where people or animals accumulate food or other items. Animal behavior ''Hoarding'' and ''caching'' are common in many bird species as well as in rodents. Most animal caches are of food. However, some birds will a ...

is the gathering and storing of goods. Hoarding may also refer to:

Animal and human behavior

Hoarding (animal behaviour) Hoarding or caching in ethology, animal behavior is the storage of food in locations hidden from the sight of both Conspecificity, conspecifics (animals of the same or closely related species) and members of other species. Most commonly, the fun ...

, an animal behaviour related to storing surplus goods for later use *

Hoarding (economics) Hoarding in economics refers to the concept of purchasing and storing a large amount of product belonging to a particular market, creating scarcity of that product, and ultimately driving the price of that product up. Commonly hoarded products inc ...

, the practice of obtaining and holding resources in quantities greater than needed for one's immediate use * Hoarding disorders **

Compulsive hoarding Compulsive behavior is defined as performing an action persistently and repetitively. Compulsive behaviors could be an attempt to make obsessions go away. The act is usually a small, restricted and repetitive behavior, yet not disturbing in a pa ...

, a pathological hoarding by humans ***

Animal hoarding Animal hoarding, sometimes called Noah syndrome, is keeping a higher-than-usual number of animals as domestic pets without ability to properly house or care for them, while at the same time denying this inability. Compulsive hoarding can be cha ...

, the compulsive hoarding of animals by humans

Arts, entertainment, and media

* '' Hoarding: Buried Alive'', an American reality television series (2010-2013) that premiered on TLC * ''Hoarders'' (TV series), an American reality television series airing on A&E

Structures

Hoarding (castle) A hoard or hoarding was a temporary wooden shed-like construction on the exterior of a castle during a siege that enabled the defenders to improve their field of fire along the length of a wall and, most particularly, directly downwards towards t ...

, a roofed wooden shield placed over castle battlements *

Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...

, known also as a hoarding in some countries *

Temporary fencing Temporary fencing is a free standing, self-supporting fence panel. The panels are held together with couplers that interlock panels together making it portable and flexible for a wide range of applications. A common type of temporary fencing is ...

enclosing a construction site

Animal and human behavior

Arts, entertainment, and media

Structures

See also