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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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Then, at the last minute, I dove behind a chalk signboard advertising train tickets to Cincinnati.

From Literature

Shops have stayed open even on holidays, and at dusk, dozens of cars line up the streets as a string of flashy signboards beckon shoppers into the flower-adorned stores.

From BBC

Video footage showed a lamp post and a restaurant signboard falling in that collapse.

From BBC

Other forms of Korean psychological battle have included loudspeaker blaring, setting up giant front-line electronic billboards and signboards and propaganda radio broadcasts.

From Seattle Times

She began to put her texts on electronic signboards in the early 1980s.

From New York Times