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sign·board

(sīn′bôrd′)

A board bearing a sign.

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signboard

(ˈsaɪnˌbɔːd)

(Commerce) a board carrying a sign or notice, esp one used to advertise a product, event, etc

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sign•board

(ˈsaɪnˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd)

n.

a board bearing a sign.

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Noun

signboard - structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted; "the highway was lined with signboards"

sign

billboard, hoarding - large outdoor signboard

sandwich board - signboard consisting of two hinged boards that hang front and back from the shoulders of a walker and are used to display advertisements

scoreboard - a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information)

shingle - a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.

structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

Translations

لَوْحَه، لافِتَه، يافِطَه

cedule

skilt

Schild

écriteau enseigne

tilkynningartafla

cartello

ceduľa

ilântabelâ

招牌

signboard

[ˈsaɪnbɔːd] N (small) → letrero m; (large) → cartelera f; (for adverts) → valla f publicitaria

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

signboard

[ˈsaɪnbɔː^rd] n → écriteau m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

signboard

n → Schild nt; (= hoarding) → Anschlagtafel f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

signboard

[ˈsaɪnˌbɔːd] n → cartello

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sign

(sain) noun

1. a mark used to mean something; a symbol. is the sign for addition.

2. a notice set up to give information (a shopkeeper's name, the direction of a town etc) to the public. road-sign.

3. a movement (eg a nod, wave of the hand) used to mean or represent something. He made a sign to me to keep still.

4. a piece of evidence suggesting that something is present or about to come. There were no signs of life at the house and he was afraid they were away; Clouds are often a sign of rain.

verb

1. to write one's name (on). Sign at the bottom, please.

2. to write (one's name) on a letter, document etc. He signed his name on the document.

3. to make a movement of the head, hand etc in order to show one's meaning. She signed to me to say nothing.

ˈsignboard noun

a board with a notice. In the garden was a signboard which read `House for Sale'.

ˈsignpost noun

a post with a sign on it, showing the direction and distance of places. We saw a signpost which told us we were 80 kilometres from London.

sign in/out

to record one's arrival or departure by writing one's name. He signed in at the hotel when he arrived.

sign up

1. to join an organization or make an agreement to do something etc by writing one's name.

2. to engage for work by making a legal contract.

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I will not accept as the crown of my desires a block of buildings with tenements for the poor on a lease of a thousand years, and perhaps with a sign-board of a dentist hanging out.

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Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.

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At length they came back into the town; and, turning into an old public-house with a defaced sign-board, ordered some dinner by the kitchen fire.