signboard

[sahyn-bawrd, -bohrd]

noun

1. a board bearing a sign.

signboard

/ ˈsaɪnˌbɔːd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of signboard¹

First recorded in 1625–35; sign + board

Example Sentences

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.

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

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

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

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At crucial intersections, signboards were posted, pointing the way.

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Related Words

• emblem 
• logo 
• notice 
• placard 
• proof 
• type 
• warning