noun
Meaning 1
A pruning hook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
handbill
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CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 N D B IH2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A chopping instrument; billhook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he mailed the circular to all subscribers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: circular, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert
Narrower terms: stuffer
History
Etymology
From hand + bill (“cutting instrument”).
From hand + bill (“sheet of paper”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: позив (poziv) — loose printed sheet
- Catalan: full de mà — loose printed sheet
- French: prospectus — loose printed sheet
- German: Handzettel — loose printed sheet
- German: Flugblatt — loose printed sheet
- Gujarati: ચોપાનિયું (copāniyũ) — loose printed sheet
- Hungarian: szórólap — loose printed sheet
- Hungarian: röplap — loose printed sheet
- Hungarian: röpcédula — loose printed sheet
- Irish: bille láimhe — loose printed sheet
- Latin: libellus — loose printed sheet
- Polish: ulotka — loose printed sheet
- Serbo-Croatian: летак (letak) — loose printed sheet