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handbill

handbill noun: a pruning hook.

Noun (1)

handbill (plural handbills)

  1. A pruning hook.
  2. A chopping instrument; billhook.

Noun (2)

handbill (plural handbills)

  1. A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
    • Messengers for Mankind.—By Wilfrid L. Randell. [...] Among the many illustrations is a reproduction of the historic handbill of the Great Western Railway announcing the introduction of the railway electric telegraph more than 100 years ago.1941 March, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 144

handbill meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

handbill in Tamil

துண்டு வெளியீடு, விளம்பரத்துணுக்கு

handbill in Urdu

دستی اشتہار

handbill in Malayalam

advertisement, notice, flyer
ലഘുലേഖ, വിളംബരപത്രം, നോട്ടീസ്, അറിയിപ്പ്, പരസ്യം, വിളംബരം

handbill in Kannada

ಕಿರುತಿಳುಪು, ಕಯ್ತಿಳುಪು, ಕಯ್ಯರಿಕೆ, ಕರಪತ್ರಿಕೆ, ಕರಪತ್ರ
More languagesFewer languages
handbill in Gujarati
ચોપાનિયું copāniyũ

Forms of handbill

pluralhandbills
alternative formhand bill
alternative formhand-bill

Origin of handbill

From hand + bill (“cutting instrument”).

From hand + bill (“sheet of paper”).

Questions about handbill

What does handbill mean?
Handbill means a pruning hook.
What is handbill in Tamil?
Handbill in Tamil is துண்டு வெளியீடு, விளம்பரத்துணுக்கு. See Handbill meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is handbill?
Handbill is a noun.
What is the plural of handbill?
The plural of handbill is handbills.

Words near handbill in the dictionary

  1. handbaskets
  2. handbell
  3. handbells
  4. handbike
  5. handbikes
  6. handbill
  7. handbills
  8. handblocked
  9. handblow
  10. handblown
  11. handblows

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: handbill (page history and authors); handbill (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); handbill (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); handbill (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); handbill (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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