Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sign or notice for display in a public place.
- noun A small card or plaque, such as a nameplate on a door.
- transitive verb To announce or advertise by means of placards.
- transitive verb To post placards on or in.
- transitive verb To display as a placard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A written or printed paper displaying some proclamation or announcement, and intended to be posted in a public place to attract public attention; a posting-bill; a poster.
- noun An edict, manifesto, proclamation, or command issued by authority.
- noun A public permit, or one given by authority; a license.
- noun In medieval armor, same as
placcate . - noun A plate or tag on which to place a mark of ownership.
- noun Pargeting; parget-work.
- noun The woodwork or cabinet-work composing the door of a closet, etc., with its framework.
- noun A closet formed or built in a wall, so that only the door is visible from the exterior.
- To post placards upon: as, to
placard the walls of a town. - To make known or make public by means of placards: as, to
placard the failure of a bank.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To post placards upon or within.
- transitive verb To announce by placards.
- noun obsolete A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
- noun obsolete Permission given by authority; a license.
- noun A written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster.
- noun (Anc. Armor) An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate.
- noun A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
sheet ofpaper orcardboard with a written or printedannouncement on one side fordisplay in apublic place. - verb To
affix a placard to. - verb To announce with placards.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb post in a public place
- noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- verb publicize or announce by placards
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I swallowed and read the title placard, strangely grateful that I was the only one standing here at the moment.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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I swallowed and read the title placard, strangely grateful that I was the only one standing here at the moment.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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Lessor gets off the plane, and his driver Felipe Ortega is waiting for him, holding up a name placard.
Florida Getaway Max Allan Collins 2003
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Lessor gets off the plane, and his driver Felipe Ortega is waiting for him, holding up a name placard.
Florida Getaway Max Allan Collins 2003
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Lessor gets off the plane, and his driver Felipe Ortega is waiting for him, holding up a name placard.
Florida Getaway Max Allan Collins 2003
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Lessor gets off the plane, and his driver Felipe Ortega is waiting for him, holding up a name placard.
Florida Getaway Max Allan Collins 2003
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And Pilate wrote a title placard and put it on the cross.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] TerryH 2010
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And Pilate wrote a title placard and put it on the cross.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] TerryH 2010
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And Pilate wrote a title placard and put it on the cross.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] TerryH 2010
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 Over five thousand dollars in $20 bills was found along the Columbia River in 1980 and a placard from the plane was also discovered.
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