posterboard
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- noun
- /ˈpoʊstərˌbɔrd/
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- The walls were plastered with ever-changing maps of West Africa, white posterboard with dramatic black arrows that revealed wind direction, temperature, thunderstorm patterns during the monsoon season, and the year-round movement of dust, all measured against the position of the sun.
Examples
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It was Deanne who first spotted the posterboard sign in the window: "Human Life Services."
Fiction book (1992) -
If you have this stuff, the only thing you will need to buy is two sheets of posterboard: black and white.
Blog text (19) -
The kind where the signs are written in magic marker on faded pink posterboard.
Blog text (21) -
To make "Red Peppers," I positioned three long red peppers on a piece of white posterboard and photographed the setup.
Academic text (1995) -
And instead of cutting pictures out of magazines and pasting them to posterboard, he got his mom to buy some colored clay, which he shaped into fish, clams, coral, and an octopus.
Fiction book (1992) -
We used bright colors and markers to decorate the posterboard for the school project.
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She displayed her artwork on a large piece of posterboard for the exhibition.
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To announce the fundraiser, they created a sign on posterboard to hang outside the store.
Synonyms
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1.0
A stiff, thick paper used to make boxes and signs
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2.1
A thick, stiff piece of cardboard used to make posters and signs
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Thick stiff paper people use to make cards and crafts
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A thick, stiff type of paper used for boxes and signs
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A strong, stiff cardboard made by gluing paper layers
A stiff, thick paper used for making covers or mounting pictures
Thick cardboard that people use to make book covers
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Morphology
Etymology
The word posterboard is simply made from poster ('a large paper for a public message') and board ('a stiff, flat piece of material'), so it helps you remember it is a stiff sheet for making posters and displays.