Associations to the word «Placard»

Wiktionary

PLACARD, noun. A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
PLACARD, noun. (obsolete) A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
PLACARD, noun. (obsolete) Permission given by authority; a license.
PLACARD, noun. (historical) An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate of armour.
PLACARD, noun. (historical) A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
PLACARD, verb. To affix a placard to.
PLACARD, verb. To announce with placards.

Dictionary definition

PLACARD, noun. A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions".
PLACARD, verb. Post in a public place.
PLACARD, verb. Publicize or announce by placards.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne