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# billboard

noun (a billboard, billboards)

«billboard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A billboard is a very large board beside a road or on a building for showing advertisements. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billboard/#m1)
2. (US) Billboard is also the name of a magazine that publishes music charts, as in «the Billboard Hot 100». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billboard/#m2)

### In the lessons

In media lessons billboards are a kind of advertising designed to be read quickly by drivers, using big pictures and few words. In UK English a billboard is also called a hoarding. In music, «number one on the Billboard charts» means the most popular song in the USA. Phrases: on a billboard, billboard advert, Billboard chart.

### Examples

- A huge billboard by the motorway showed a new phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billboard/#x1)
- The billboard said «Drink milk!» in giant letters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billboard/#x2)
- Advertisers put billboards where many drivers will see them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billboard/#x3)
- The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billboard/#x4)
- In our media lesson we designed a billboard for a healthy snack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billboard/#x5)
- The billboard lit up at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billboard/#x6)
- Some cities have banned billboards to make streets look nicer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billboard/#x7)

### Note

Plural billboards. UK also says «hoarding». Billboards are adverts, so ask: what are they trying to make me buy or believe?

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «billboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billboard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«billboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/billboard.html) on Mova free.