A billboard is a very large board on which posters are displayed.
billboard in British English1
(ˈbɪlˌbɔːd)
noun
another name for hoarding
Word origin
C19: from bill1 + board
billboard in British English2
(ˈbɪlˌbɔːd)
noun
a fitting at the bow of a vessel for securing an anchor
Word origin
C19: from bill2 + board
billboard in American English1
(ˈbɪlˌbɔrd)
US
noun
a signboard, usually outdoors, for advertising posters
Word origin
bill1 + board
billboard in American English2
(ˈbɪlˌbɔrd)
noun
an inclined plane projecting from the bow of earlier ships, on which the anchor was placed before being dropped or after being raised
Word origin
bill2 + board
Examples of 'billboard' in a sentence
billboard
You could visualise it at the top of the Billboard charts.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some young men are destroying a huge billboard of the dictator shaded by tall palm trees.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I'VE always thought that having your name up in lights on a giant billboard must be cool.
The Sun (2007)
One idea is to use large electronic billboards to convey their messages.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It ought to be seen as a billboard or shop window.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He remembers seeing the billboards for it on the sides of buses.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He can see the billboard from his office.
The Sun (2013)
Yesterday their debut album made it to the top of the Billboard chart.
The Sun (2014)
The more people that see these billboards, the easier it will be to find missing persons.
The Sun (2013)
He ended up providing 1.5 million for a giant billboard poster campaign that he also helped to design.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I sort of avoid walking past billboards with me on them.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A huge billboard of her is being wheeled into place.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There are billboards with huge pictures of me holding the tablets with my thumb up - but only my thumb.
The Sun (2006)
You will be a walking billboard that encourages men to talk about health, which can only be a good thing.
The Sun (2013)
The next four studio albums all reached number 1 in the Billboard chart.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His records filled the top nine Billboard catalogue spots after he died last Thursday.
The Sun (2009)
For instance, they were recent cover stars of charts magazine Billboard.
The Sun (2008)
Beachy Head has a large billboard advertising the service of the Samaritans.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Fans have become consumers; athletes are walking billboards; and clubs are now instruments of global advertising.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You can't help seeing the huge great billboard of the job you went for but didn't get.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We are not impressed by huge billboards in city centres with derogatory slogans about the opponents dreamt up by expensive PR consultants.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They'll have to wait till next week to see how well the song does on the full Billboard chart though.
The Sun (2012)
He stuck their faces on giant billboard ads across the country, only to suffer the ignominy of their returns languishing at the bottom of the performance tables.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This week they became the first band since the Beatles to have six singles in the Billboard chart at the same time.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The album tops the US Billboard charts for six straight weeks.
The Sun (2010)
In other languages
billboard
British English: billboard NOUN
A billboard is a very large board on which posters are displayed.