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billboard

/ˌbɪlˈbɔərd/
/ˈbɪlbɔd/
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Other forms: billboards; billboarded; billboarding

A billboard is a giant roadside sign. You might pass several billboards on the highway advertising a car dealership, a restaurant, or anything else someone paid to have on a billboard big enough to be seen by passing cars.

When a company decides how to advertise, it may buy Internet ads, TV commercials, newspaper spreads, or billboard advertisements. A billboard is a good way for a business to catch people's attention, because it’s so big and a commuter may drive or walk past it five times a week. The word billboard first appeared in American English in the 1840s, meaning the board or wall where posters or handbills could be pasted. Billboard is also the name of a music magazine.

Definitions of billboard
  1. noun
    a large, flat, outdoor sign for advertisements or notices
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    type of:
    sign, signboard
    structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
  2. verb
    advertise or display information in a big and noticeable way
Pronunciation
US
/ˌbɪlˈbɔərd/
UK
/ˈbɪlbɔd/
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