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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


billboard

2

/ ˈbɪlˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a fitting at the bow of a vessel for securing an anchor

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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

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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