| English Dictionary |
PLACARD
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does placard mean?
• PLACARD (noun)
The noun PLACARD has 1 sense:
1. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
Familiarity information: PLACARD used as a noun is very rare.
• PLACARD (verb)
The verb PLACARD has 2 senses:
1. post in a public place
2. publicize or announce by placards
Familiarity information: PLACARD used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
bill; card; notice; placard; poster; posting
Context example:
a poster advertised the coming attractions
Hypernyms ("placard" is a kind of...):
sign (a public display of a message)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "placard"):
show bill; show card; theatrical poster (a poster advertising a show or play)
flash card; flashcard (a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher)
Derivation:
placard (publicize or announce by placards)
placard (post in a public place)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Post in a public place
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "placard" is one way to...):
post (affix in a public place or for public notice)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
placard (a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Publicize or announce by placards
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bill; placard
Hypernyms (to "placard" is one way to...):
post (publicize with, or as if with, a poster)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
placard (a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement)
Context examples
My instructions are, Copperfield, to put this placard on your back.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
What I suffered from that placard, nobody can imagine.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Suddenly I came upon a pasteboard placard, beautifully written, which was lying on the desk, and bore these words: “TAKE CARE OF HIM. HE BITES.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He found my placard in his way when he came up or down behind the form on which I sat, and wanted to make a cut at me in passing; for this reason it was soon taken off, and I saw it no more.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He enjoyed my placard so much, that he saved me from the embarrassment of either disclosure or concealment, by presenting me to every other boy who came back, great or small, immediately on his arrival, in this form of introduction, Look here!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I remember dreaming night after night, of being with my mother as she used to be, or of going to a party at Mr. Peggotty's, or of travelling outside the stage-coach, or of dining again with my unfortunate friend the waiter, and in all these circumstances making people scream and stare, by the unhappy disclosure that I had nothing on but my little night-shirt, and that placard.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The wooden-legged man turned me about so as to exhibit the placard; and having afforded time for a full survey of it, turned me about again, with my face to Mr. Creakle, and posted himself at Mr. Creakle's side.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
With that he took me down, and tied the placard, which was neatly constructed for the purpose, on my shoulders like a knapsack; and wherever I went, afterwards, I had the consolation of carrying it.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person." (Bhutanese proverb)
"Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble." (Arabic proverb)
"By firelight, an old rag looks like sturdy hemp fabric." (Corsican proverb)