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

In early 2025, the victim was 56-year-old Gerald Neal, a pedestrian who was run over twice as an unmarked police truck chased a vehicle in Holden Heights over an unreadable license plate. — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026

Gabriel uses artificial intelligence to scan license plates—not faces— and shares the information with police to help piece together crime scenes across multiple angles. — Harry Booth, Time, 26 June 2026

Owners can also check whether their vehicles are included in the recall by searching their VIN or license plate information on the NHTSA website. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 26 June 2026

With the help of license plate readers and drones, some law enforcement agencies in Southern California are becoming more aggressive in their fight to catch porch pirates. — Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 25 June 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