billboard
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billboard¹
- /ˈbɪlˌboɹd/ US
Where it comes from
From bill + board.
noun billboards
- A very large outdoor sign, generally used for advertising. He could see it like a printed sentence, fullborn and already dead God loves me too like the faded and weathered letters on last year's billboard God loves me too
- A flat surface, such as a panel or fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board. When a show leaves New York, it carries posters wherewith to embellish each fence and bill board in the land [...]
- 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.
- An opening or closing portion of a program, often including credits and sponsors' names. The closing billboard features Como as the spokesman.
- A sprite that always faces the screen, no matter which direction it is viewed from.
verb billboards · billboarding · billboarded
- To advertise on a billboard. The upcoming concert was billboarded all over the city.
Billboard²
proper noun
- The music charts published by Billboard magazine. 2012, "Yogi Chill From Soulfood Music And DJ Free On Sale Digitally". Alt.emusic. He has charted on Billboard and several international DJ and Dance charts.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hoarding, signboard, poster, advertisement, advertising, sign, signpost, painting, signage, regard, broadcast, fence, hatch, panel, board, fencing
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noun large advertisement along side of highway
| Español | cartelera, valla publicitaria, espectacular, publicidad exterior, panel publicitario, mupi grande |
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| 한국어 | 간판 ganpan, 빌보드 bilbodeu, 광고판 gwanggopan |
| 日本語 | 看板 kanban, ビルボード birubōdo, 広告板 kōkokuban |
| 中文 | 看板 kànbǎn, 廣告牌 /广告牌 guǎnggàopái |
| Português | outdoor |
| Français | panneau d'affichage |
| Deutsch | Plakatwand, Werbetafel, Reklametafel, Werbeplakat |
| Italiano | cartellone |
| Русский | афи́ша afíša, плака́т plakát, рекла́мный щит reklámnyj ščit, щит ščit, билбо́рд bilbórd, вы́веска výveska |
| العربية | أَفِيش ʔafīš, لَوْحَة lawḥa, لَافِتَة lāfita, يَافِطَة yāfiṭa, لَوْحَة إعْلَانِيَّة lawḥa ʔiʕlāniyya, لَوْحَة إِعْلَانَات lawḥat ʔiʕlānāt |
noun panel or fence, on which bills are posted
| Deutsch | Anschlagtafel, Anschlagbrett |
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title = {billboard},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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