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placards

The correct spelling is placards.

How to pronounce placards

noun

Say it like: Pla-car-ds

The correct spelling is placards. A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place. For example: "to give a placard to do something"

Usage Examples

to give a placard to do something

to placard a sale

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
  2. 2.A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
  3. 3.Permission given by authority; a license.
  4. 4.An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate of armour.
  5. 5.A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.

verb

  1. 1.To affix a placard to.
  2. 2.To announce with placards.

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