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Billboard
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bill·board
1
/
ˈbɪlˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd
/
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[
bil
-bawrd, -bohrd
]
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noun
1.
a flat surface or
board
, usually outdoors, on
which
large advertisements or notices are posted.
verb (used with object)
2.
to place, advertise, proclaim, etc., on or as if on a billboard:
The movie was billboarded as the year's biggest hit.
Origin:
1850–55,
Americanism;
bill
1
+
board
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bill·board
2
/
ˈbɪlˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd
/
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[
bil
-bawrd, -bohrd
]
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noun
Nautical
.
anchor bed
.
Origin:
1855–60;
bill
3
+
board
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Collins
World English Dictionary
billboard
1
(ˈbɪlˌbɔːd)
—
n
another name for
hoarding
[C19: from
bill
1
+
board
]
billboard
2
(ˈbɪlˌbɔːd)
—
n
a fitting at the bow of a vessel for securing an anchor
[C19: from
bill
² +
board
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
billboard
1851, Amer.Eng., from
bill
(1) +
board
. Any sort of board where bills were meant to be posted.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Apply for a permit for a
billboard
, building sign, or awning.
Turner was thirty years old and had inherited a
billboard
business from his
father, which was doing fine.
The
billboard
must be returned to its original condition.
Or, plaster your face on a
billboard
or the side of a building.
However the
billboard
can not be enlarged or added to in any way.
In theory, you stumble across this code on a
billboard
on a magazine page and you point your smartphone at it.
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