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

Police officials say law enforcement can access data from Lowe's and Home Depot license plate cameras in Connecticut. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026

Police saw the same sedan driving in other locations leading up to the shooting and identified Tatum as a suspect using a license plate reader. —Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026

The pushback from locals who didn’t want outsiders like me arriving with license plates from California. —Literary Hub, 15 May 2026

Police criticism killed another immigration bill and three other measures that sought to limit law enforcement’s ability to buy and access Coloradans’ personal information and license plate history. —Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 May 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