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Definition of Signboard
1. Noun. Structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted. "The highway was lined with signboards"
Specialized synonyms: Billboard, Hoarding, Sandwich Board, Scoreboard, Shingle
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Derivative terms: Sign
Definition of Signboard
1. n. A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like.
Definition of Signboard
1. Noun. (American English) A board carrying a sign, or on which signs may be posted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Signboard
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Signboard
Literary usage of Signboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"The signboard in question possesses some historical interest as being the work
of David Cox, and voluminous affidavits had been filed to prove that it was ..."
2. Handbook for Architects and Builders by Illinois society of architects (1908)
"If the owner of such billboard or signboard or the person in charge, possession,
or control thereof cannot be found or his whereabouts is not easily ..."
3. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"("Weller" on signboard spelled " Veller"), A., Feb. 9, '20. (301) $50.00. Orig.
parts, unc. (a 3-page collation printed in catalogue; EN Lapham copy), ..."
4. Curiosities of the Law Reporters by Franklin Fiske Heard (1871)
"The plaintiff loaned his shed to the defendant to make a signboard, and D., a
carpenter employed by the defendant, while at work lighted his pipe from a ..."
5. Curiosities of the Law Reporters by Franklin Fiske Heard (1871)
"... plaintiff loaned his shed to the defendant to make a signboard, and D., a
carpenter employed by the defendant, while at work lighted his pipe from a ..."
6. Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs by Samuel Adams Drake, Walter Kendall Watkins (1917)
"We hear of another signboard hanging out at the extreme South End of the town,
on which was depicted a globe with a man breaking through the crust, ..."
7. Over Fen and Wold by James John Hissey (1898)
"CHAPTER X Spalding—"Ye Olde White Horse Inne "—An ancient hall and quaint garden —
Epitaph-hunting—A signboard joke—Across the Fens—A strange world—Storm ..."
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