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LICENSE PLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does license plate mean?
• LICENSE PLATE (noun)
The noun LICENSE PLATE has 1 sense:
1. a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number
Familiarity information: LICENSE PLATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
license plate; numberplate
Hypernyms ("license plate" is a kind of...):
plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)
Context examples
EXAMPLE(S): The license plate number of an ambulance; An identifier for a bed in a hospital ward
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