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signboard

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sign·board  (snbôrd, -brd)
n.
A board bearing a sign.

signboard [ˈsaɪnˌbɔːd]
n
(Business / Commerce) a board carrying a sign or notice, esp one used to advertise a product, event, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.signboard - structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted; "the highway was lined with signboards"
billboard, hoarding - large outdoor signboard
sandwich board - signboard consisting of two hinged boards that hang front and back from the shoulders of a walker and are used to display advertisements
scoreboard - a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information)
shingle - a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
Translations
signboard [ˈsaɪnbɔːd] N (small) → letrero m; (large) → cartelera f; (for adverts) → valla f publicitaria
signboard [ˈsaɪnbɔːrd] nécriteau m
signboard
nSchild nt; (= hoarding)Anschlagtafel f
signboard [ˈsaɪnˌbɔːd] ncartello
signboard [ˈsaɪnˌbɔːd] ncartello


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A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard.
Just at the door the captain aimed at the fugitive one last tremendous cut, which would certainly have split him to the chine had it not been intercepted by our big signboard of Admiral Benbow.
It got about that he had made a poor job of the box; and as he, when taxed with this, emphatically confirmed it, he got no other commission; and his signboard served thenceforth only for the amusement of pedestrian tourists and of shepherd boys with a taste for stone throwing.
 
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