NAMEPLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nameplate mean? 

• NAMEPLATE (noun)
  The noun NAMEPLATE has 1 sense:

1. a plate bearing a name

  Familiarity information: NAMEPLATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAMEPLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plate bearing a name

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nameplate" is a kind of...):

plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nameplate"):

doorplate (a nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who works or lives there)