billboard

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

bill·board /ˈbɪlbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countable] TTRBBAa large sign used for advertising 广告牌[板] SYN British English hoarding► see thesaurus at advertisement →4 See picture on 见图 Page A13 Town 城镇 →5 see picture at 见图 sign1

Examples from the Corpus

billboard• Huizenga plans to expand into the areas of electronic security and billboard advertising.• Around the world, some 3 billion pairs of eyes will notice their logos, slogans and billboards.• There are billboards seeking the re-election to the state legislature of Marion Feinstein.• It might even be socialist, and we couldn't have that-bridges and communities might be built before billboards.• Directly behind him was a huge billboard with her picture looming big and brassy back at her.• Whiteco, the billboard company, thought its seven signs on Speedway should be worth $ 3. 2 million.• Other commodities for which memes compete are radio and television time, billboard space, newspaper column-inches, and library shelf-space.nBillboard na US weekly magazine about popular music, that lists the best-selling popular songs, albums, and videosFrom Longman Business Dictionarybillboardbill‧board /ˈbɪlbɔːd-bɔːrd/ noun [countable]MARKETING a large sign used for advertisingSYN BrE hoardingtobacco ads in magazines, newspapers and on billboards

bill·board nounBillboardLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable

a Corpus advertising Business for sign large used

billboard
bill‧board /ˈbɪlbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/

noun [countable]
a large sign used for advertising
SYN hoarding British English

THESAURUS

   ▪ advertisement: an advertisement for shampoo | They placed an advertisement in the newspaper.
   ▪ ad informal an advertisement: She’s been in several TV ads.
   ▪ advert British English an advertisement: a job advert | He took out a front-page advert for his shop.
   ▪ commercial an advertisement on television or radio: television commercials | He was in some commercials for beer.
   ▪ trailer an advertisement in the cinema, on television, or online for a film or programme which will be shown soon: A second trailer for Richard Friedman’s film has just been added to the website.
   ▪ promotion a series of advertisements for a company’s products: The company has spent more than $300 million on promotions for the brand.
   ▪ poster an advertisement on a wall: They selected a famous artist to do the poster for the upcoming performance.
   ▪ billboard (also hoarding British English) a large sign next to a road, with an advertisement on it: billboard advertisements | A huge hoarding shows two contrasting images.
   ▪ flyer a piece of paper with an advertisement on it, often given to you in the street: Someone was handing out flyers for a new nightclub.
   ▪ banner ad an advertisement across the top of a page on the Internet: Banner ads are becoming more sophisticated.
   ▪ junk mail unwanted advertisements that you get in the post: I never read junk mail.
   ▪ spam unwanted emails advertising things: I’m trying to delete all the spam.
   ▪ classified ad (also want ad American English, small ad British English) a short advertisement that you put in a newspaper if you want to buy or sell something: The bike was advertised for sale in the small ads section.

Billboard
Billboard

a US weekly magazine about popular music, that lists the best-selling popular songs, albums, and videos

bill·board

BrE

/ˈbɪlbɔːd/

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NAmE

/ˈbɪlbɔːrd/

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especially NAmE

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