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Signboard

A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like.

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Billboard 76% connected

A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hoarding 76% connected

of Hoard

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shingle 76% connected

Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sign 74% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sign 74% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sign 92% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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