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billboard
1[ bil-bawrd, -bohrd ]
noun
- a flat surface or board, usually outdoors, on which large advertisements or notices are posted.
verb (used with object)
- 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
billboard
1/ ˈɪˌɔː /
noun
- another name for hoarding
billboard
2/ ˈɪˌɔː /
noun
- a fitting at the bow of a vessel for securing an anchor
Word History and Origins
Origin of billboard1
Origin of billboard2
Word History and Origins
Origin of billboard1
Origin of billboard2
Example Sentences
Her comments came after fans paid for a billboard in New York to show their support for her ahead of her world tour.
"In city centres, everything is covered with Russian propaganda: billboards with Putin's face, Putin's quotes, people they call heroes of the special military operation. There are flags everywhere," she tells the BBC.
Among billboards for restaurants, gun silencers and tractors, a digital sign hints at the crisis gripping the community: a warning about the dangers of measles, which can cause complications including pneumonia, brain swelling and death.
Yet large numbers of posters and billboards for Oligui Nguema dominate Libreville's streets, with very few of his rivals' adverts visible.
Landon’s approach looks a bit too much like a billboard or a meme, but I think he’s on the right track to be trying something expressionistic that circles back around to silent-movie aesthetics.
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