BIG BOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does big board mean? 

• BIG BOARD (noun)
  The noun BIG BOARD has 2 senses:

1. a stock exchange in New York

2. the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange

  Familiarity information: BIG BOARD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIG BOARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stock exchange in New York

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

big board; N. Y. Stock Exchange; New York Stock Exchange; NYSE

Instance hypernyms:

securities market; stock exchange; stock market (an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers)

Meronyms (parts of "big board"):

big board (the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("big board" is a kind of...):

board; display board; display panel (a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view)

Holonyms ("big board" is a part of...):

big board; N. Y. Stock Exchange; New York Stock Exchange; NYSE (a stock exchange in New York)