license plate

noun

: a plate or tag (as of metal) attesting that a license has been secured and usually bearing a registration number

Examples of license plate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The same day, her car — a white 2013 Acura TSX four-door sedan with California license plate 9UYY222 — was detected by automatic license plate readers in San Francisco, about 120 miles away, according to the sheriff’s office. —Bay City News, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026

However, she was told by someone who appeared to be a store employee that several people wrote down the license plate to give to the police. —Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026

Earlier this month, police used surveillance video to identify the make, model and license plate of the vehicle. —Joe Brandt, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026

In September, the town of East Hartford approved a detailed ordinance regulating all surveillance technologies, including license plate readers, speed and red light cameras and drones. —Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1924, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for license plate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate

Kids Definition

license plate

noun

: a plate or tag (as of metal) showing that a license has been gotten and usually bearing a registration number