placard
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noun \ˈpla-kərd, -ˌkärd\Definition of PLACARD
2
: a small card or metal plaque
See Examples of PLACARD
- The placard on the door says that the church was built in the late 1600s.
- <a placard announcing a campaign rally at the downtown plaza>
Origin of PLACARD
Middle English placquart formal document, from Middle French placard, from plaquer to make adhere, plate — more at plaque
First Known Use: 1560
Rhymes with PLACARD
Asgard, backyard, barnyard, blackguard, blowhard, boatyard, bombard, boneyard, brassard, brickyard, charge card, churchyard, cloth yard, coast guard, courtyard, dance card, deeryard, die-hard, diehard, discard, dockyard, dooryard, face card, farmyard, fireguard, flash card, foulard, Fugard, Gerard, graveyard, green card, ill-starred, jacquard, junkyard, lifeguard, main yard, mansard, mass card, Midgard, milliard, mudguard, noseguard, off guard, old guard, on guard, Oxnard, phone card, Picard, point guard, postcard, poularde, punch card, rear guard, rearguard, Red Guard, regard, retard, ritard, safeguard, scorecard, shipyard, smart card, sound card, spikenard, steelyard, stockyard, switchyard, tabard, tanyard, tiltyard, time card, unbarred, unguard, vizard, wild card
2plac·ard
transitive verb \-ˌkärd, -kərd\Definition of PLACARD
1
a : to cover with or as if with posters b : to post in a public place
2
: to announce by or as if by posting
Examples of PLACARD
- <placarded the poster about the upcoming play to the bulletin board>
- <placarded the news about the planned construction project all over the neighborhood>
First Known Use of PLACARD
1813
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