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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

They could also arrange for billboards, freeway signs and posters at local restaurants.

Pennsylvania officials said the delay left them unable to launch public education campaigns on radio, television or digital media, or billboards and bus signs, or even print basic educational materials.

Lemon Grove is currently pursuing a handful of other revenue streams — including a tax on marijuana sales and digital billboard signs — although Jones said those efforts would barely be enough to pull Lemon Grove out of the red.

For instance, targeting customers with billboards, transit station advertising, and even radio advertisements may no longer be effective as there is a significant decline in movement and commuters.

He suggested that creates an audience ripe for exposure to out-of-home messages in billboards, grocery stores and more.

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Joe and the record label were behind him all the way: look at the full-page ad in Billboard the previous week.

It was creative thinking like this that helped it debut at number one on Billboard Top Heatseekers Chart.

Then just 8-years-old he saw writing on a deli Billboard that was in Hebrew.

Billboard and Entertainment Weekly similarly praised it upon the anniversary.

But Swift is only in her second week of 1989 and already moved a million units, according to Billboard.

Some distance ahead stretched a long, smooth, sandy beach, on which was a huge billboard with the words "Perry's Slope."

A large billboard, blown flat, was the first sign that they were approaching Tippewa.

The craft was moored to the supports of the billboard, on one side, and to a heavy wagon on the other.

Ferral, finding everything quiet in the alley, strolled around by the end of the billboard.

While Carl was getting up, he saw Brady disappearing around one end of the billboard.

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