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HANDBILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does handbill mean? 

HANDBILL (noun)
  The noun HANDBILL has 1 sense:

1. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distributionplay

  Familiarity information: HANDBILL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HANDBILL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bill; broadsheet; broadside; circular; flier; flyer; handbill; throwaway

Context example:

he mailed the circular to all subscribers

Hypernyms ("handbill" is a kind of...):

ad; advert; advertisement; advertising; advertizement; advertizing (a public promotion of some product or service)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "handbill"):

stuffer (an advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail)


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