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billboard

1

[ bil-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. a flat surface or board, usually outdoors, on which large advertisements or notices are posted.


verb (used with object)

  1. to place, advertise, proclaim, etc., on or as if on a billboard:

    The movie was billboarded as the year's biggest hit.

billboard

2

[ bil-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

, Nautical.

billboard

1

/ ˈbɪlˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. another name for hoarding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


billboard

2

/ ˈbɪlˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a fitting at the bow of a vessel for securing an anchor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of billboard1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; bill 1 + board

Origin of billboard2

First recorded in 1855–60; bill 3 + board
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Word History and Origins

Origin of billboard1

C19: from bill 1+ board

Origin of billboard2

C19: from bill ² + board
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Example Sentences

It was a photo of a billboard at the Cannes film festival, part of a series imagining a better future, and it said, "In the future, every woman will have a f**k off fund."

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We played the Whisky a Go Go, then we drove past A&M Records on La Brea, and there was a huge billboard with our faces on it.

Two years earlier, on Pico Boulevard, a crane holding a billboard toppled over and chaos ensued.

Electronic billboards promoting Trump’s campaign along freeways flash messages that the former president is the sole candidate in the race who can secure the border and that Harris will raise taxes.

Ohtani is, of course, a national hero in all of Japan, his image plastered over billboards, green tea advertisements and newspaper pages.

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