sandwich board
sandwich board noun: a person-sized, wearable billboard or advertisement consisting of two printed boards strung together so that they hang over the shoulders, or simply set out on a street.
Noun
sandwich board (plural sandwich boards)
- A person-sized, wearable billboard or advertisement consisting of two printed boards strung together so that they hang over the shoulders, or simply set out on a street.
- Towards the end of August, the Southern Railway decided to adopt a novel form of publicity to popularise the services. Sandwich board men were employed at Charing Cross and Cannon Street to display placards, and distribute leaflet timetables, calling attention to the vacant seats on the services...1946 November and December, “Additional London-Dartford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 386
- Synonyms:
- A board
Verb
sandwich board (third-person singular simple present sandwich boards, present participle sandwich boarding, simple past and past participle sandwich boarded)
sandwich board meaning in Tamil
sandwich board in Tamil
- இருபுற விளம்பர அட்டை
Synonyms of sandwich board
Forms of sandwich board
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sandwich boards |
| alternative form | sandwichboard |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sandwich boards |
| present participle | sandwich boarding |
| past participle | sandwich boarded |
| past | sandwich boarded |
Origin of sandwich board
From sandwich + board; when worn, the two sides of the sign “sandwich” the wearer between them.
Questions about sandwich board
- What does sandwich board mean?
- Sandwich board means a person-sized, wearable billboard or advertisement consisting of two printed boards strung together so that they hang over the shoulders, or simply set out on a street.
- What is sandwich board in Tamil?
- Sandwich board in Tamil is இருபுற விளம்பர அட்டை. See Sandwich board meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sandwich board?
- Sandwich board can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of sandwich board?
- The plural of sandwich board is sandwich boards.
Words near sandwich board in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sandwich board (page history and authors); sandwich board (Tamil 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.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “sandwich board.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sandwich_board. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.