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

Witnesses provided police with a description of the suspect’s vehicle and officers soon found a man matching the description in a parking garage, authorities said, who added that officers watched El Mahmoud trying to remove the vehicle’s license plate before detaining him. —Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025

The truckers are also demanding that authorities improve the processes to issue license plates and driver’s licenses. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Nov. 2025

Legal ways to decorate a vehicle include magnets, stickers, and wreaths that do not obstruct the license plate. —Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Nov. 2025

When the car was returned to the rental car agency in California, the original license plate was allegedly placed back on the car. —Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025

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