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posterboard

noun

Etymology

From poster + board.

  1. derived from *bʰers-✻ — “tip, top”
  2. inherited from *burdą✻ — “board, plank; edge; table”
  3. inherited from *bord✻
  4. inherited from bord
  5. inherited from boord
  6. compounded as posterboard — “poster + board”

Definitions

  1. Cardboard material suitable for making posters.

    • I used a piece of posterboard for my project.

  2. A piece of such material.

    • I used the posterboard for my project.

  3. A flyer printed on stiff cardboard, approximately 8.5 by 11 inches, mailed flat.

    • They sent me a nice posterboard on the new product.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA