SIGNBOARD

 Dictionary entry overview: What does signboard mean? 

• SIGNBOARD (noun)
  The noun SIGNBOARD has 1 sense:

1. structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGNBOARD (noun)

Meaning:

Structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

signboard; sign

Context example:

the highway was lined with signboards

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

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

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

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.)