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signboard

American  
[sahyn-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈsaɪnˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

  1. a board bearing a sign.

signboard British  
/ ˈsaɪnˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a board carrying a sign or notice, esp one used to advertise a product, event, etc

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Etymology

Origin of signboard

First recorded in 1625–35; sign + board

Example Sentences

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My next stop was No Signboard on the seafront at Esplanade Arts Centre.

From Time Magazine Archive

From either the honest dominie of the Signboard or some other, we may be sure he sought the means to read and digest them for himself.

From Holbein by Fortescue, Beatrice

And this very Signboard may have paid for lessons which he could not otherwise afford.

From Holbein by Fortescue, Beatrice

Copernicus was, indeed, a man of forty when Holbein was painting this Signboard in 1516.

From Holbein by Fortescue, Beatrice

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