Definition of placard Placard

/plæˈkɚd/ - [plakerd] - plac•ard

We found 16 definitions of placard from 7 different sources.

What does placard mean?

Verb placards, placarding, placarded
placard - publicize or announce by placards
		bill
		post publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news on the bulletin board"
placard - post in a public place
		post publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news on the bulletin board"

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placard (Noun)
A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
placard (Verb)
To affix a placard to.
placard (Verb)
To announce with placards.

placard (n.)
A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
placard (n.)
Permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something.
placard (n.)
A written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster.
placard (n.)
An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate.
placard (n.)
A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
placard (v. t.)
To post placards upon or within; as, to placard a wall, to placard the city.
placard (v. t.)
To announce by placards; as, to placard a sale.

placard
plak′ärd, or plā-kärd′, n. a written or printed paper stuck upon a wall as an advertisement, &c.: a public proclamation: the woodwork and frame of the door of a closet and the like.—v.t. Placard (plā-kärd′, or plak′ärd), to publish or notify by placards. [Fr. placard, a bill stuck on a wall—plaque, plate, tablet; acc. to Diez, from Dut. plak, a piece of flat wood.]

A placard is a sign made to inform people about something. Often, they are used to warn about danger. Very often, hazard symbols (special pictograms) are used.

Sometimes, placard is also used to mean a leaflet that shows how a certain machine should be operated.