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name board

name board is the alternative form of nameboard.

Meaning of nameboard

Noun

nameboard (plural nameboards)

  1. A signboard bearing a name.
    • The former Metropolitan station was situated about five minutes' walk from the main street, and was always designated Uxbridge (Belmont Road) by Bradshaw, although there was no official sanction for this name; nothing of the sort ever appeared either on the station nameboards or the Metropolitan...1952 March, R. K. Kirkland, “The Railways of Uxbridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150

Forms of name board

pluralname boards

Questions about name board

What is name board the alternative form of?
Name board is the alternative form of nameboard.

Words near name board in the dictionary

  1. name
  2. name after
  3. name and shame
  4. name binding
  5. name bindings
  6. name board
  7. name boards
  8. name brand
  9. name brands
  10. name call
  11. name called

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