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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.
  1. anchor bed.

billboard

1

/ ˈɪˌɔː /

noun

  1. another name for hoarding

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

billboard

2

/ ˈɪˌɔː /

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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I also was living in a place where the billboard was right across from my window.

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In an eerily similar fashion, on the Israeli-occupied West Bank, “settler advertisements appear on screens and billboards telling Palestinians, ‘There is no future in Palestine.’”

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It was Calderón who, near the end of his term, ventured to the northern border to unveil the massive billboard urging U.S. authorities to stop the weapons flow.

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Their billboards in the constituency still make that claim.

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Their reality is that the Earth is collapsing, even as every surface is suddenly covered with confounding billboards and commercials thanking whoever some Chuck is for “39 great years.”

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