BILLBOARD

billboard, hoarding

(noun) large outdoor signboard

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

billboard (plural billboards)

A very large outdoor sign, generally used for advertising.

(dated) A flat surface, such as a panel or fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board.

(nautical) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore-channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.

(computer graphics) A sprite that always faces the screen, no matter which direction it is looked at from.

Anagrams

• broadbill

Proper noun

Billboard

The music charts published by Billboard magazine.

Anagrams

• broadbill

Source: Wiktionary


Bill"board`, n.

1. (Naut.)

Definition: A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on. Totten.

2. A flat surface, as of a panel or of a fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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