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

After authorities located the vehicle using license plate cameras, the Kansas City Police Department followed the vehicle with a helicopter. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

Denise Wunder, a retired sandwich shop manager, pulled up to the center in a van featuring a decorative license plate with an American eagle. — Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Douglas County Sheriff's deputies pulled over a driver with license plate tags that expired in 2014, a dozen years ago. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

As conversations continue over how to reform the use of license plate readers, critics find that one of the most difficult things to do is get away from them entirely. — Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 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