Placard

Quick meaning: Placard is a noun meaning A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.

Meaning

A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.

More Meanings

1. The woodwork and frame of the door of a closet etc.
2. To affix a placard to, or mark with a placard nearby.
3. To announce with placards.
4. (obsolete) A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
5. (obsolete) Permission given by authority; a license.
6. (historical) An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate of armour.
7. (historical) A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.

Example Sentences

to give a placard to do something

All placards or edicts are published in his name.

The mail coaches were placarded PEACE WITH FRANCE in large capitals, and the drivers all wore a sprig of laurel, as an emblem of peace, in their hats.

While her husband read the placards pasted on the brick announcing the hours at which certain ships would sail for Scotland, Mrs. Ambrose did her best to find information.

Word Forms

• placards
• plackart
• plaquet
• placarding
• placarded

Synonyms for placard

Depending on context, synonyms include notice, card, poster, bill.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include poster, notice, bill, card, label, tag.

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