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Definition of Billboard
1. Noun. Large outdoor signboard.
Definition of Billboard
1. n. 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.
Definition of Billboard
1. Noun. A very large advertisement along the side of a highway. ¹
2. Noun. (dated) A flat surface, such as a panel or fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board. ¹
3. Noun. (nautical) 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. ¹
4. Noun. (computer graphics) A sprite that always faces the screen, no matter which direction it's looked at from. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Billboard
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Billboard
Literary usage of Billboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912 by S.J. Clarke Publishing Company (1912)
"THE billboard. . The billboard, occupying a unique position among the publications
of the country, was established in 1894 by WH Donaldson and James ..."
2. The Chautauquan by Chautauqua Institution (1908)
"Why billboard Advertising as at Present Conducted is Doomed* By J. Horace ...
Further, it is urged that present-day billboard advertising decreases property ..."
3. Advertising as a Vocation by Frederick James Allen (1919)
"The billboard. The fourth main advertising medium is the billboard. Primarily this
is a fixed stand upon which paper posters are displayed. ..."
4. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1915)
"The sections found to be invalid provided that no billboard shall be nearer to
the street line than an adjoining house is: in no case shall any billboard be ..."
5. Handbook for Architects and Builders by Illinois society of architects (1908)
"Owner's Name to be Placed on Top of billboard.)—It shall be the duty of the
Commissioner of Buildings to inspect all plans and specifications submitted in ..."
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