Meaning & use
Signboard
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A board displaying a sign, typically used to show the name of a business or provide directions or information to the public.
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A wooden signboard outside the inn creaked in the wind.
The shop's signboard was painted with bright, hand-lettered type.
A note on using this word
Before widespread literacy, many signboards used pictures, like a boot for a cobbler or a mortar and pestle for a pharmacist, so passersby could identify a shop without reading.
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