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billboard

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Synonyms: millboard, wallboard, billboards, big board, billiard, billard, fallboard, callboard, billboarded, bellyboard, bilgeboard

Antonyms: millboard, wallboard, billboards, big board, billiard, billard, fallboard, callboard, billboarded, bellyboard, bilgeboard

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Noun

  1. A very large [[outdoor]] [[sign]], generally used for [[advertising]].
  2. {{lb|en|dated}} A flat surface, such as a [[panel]] or [[fence]], on which [[bill]]s are posted; a [[bulletin board]].
  3. {{lb|en|nautical}} A piece of thick [[plank]], armed with iron [[plate]]s, and fixed on the [[bow]] or fore-channels of a [[vessel]], for the [[bill]] or [[fluke]] of the [[anchor]] to rest on.<ref>Benjamin J. Totten, ''Naval Text-Book'', Boston: Little and Brown, 1841, p.{{nbsp}}290, “B<small>ILL</small>-B<small>OARDS</small>.”<sup>[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008602848]</sup></ref>
  4. {{lb|en|television|radio}} An opening or closing portion of a program, often including credits and sponsors' names.
  5. {{lb|en|computer graphics}} A [[sprite]] that always faces the [[screen]], no matter which direction it is viewed from.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[advertise]] on a billboard.

Proper noun

  1. The music charts published by ''Billboard'' magazine.

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