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

According to the Skydio website, the X10 model is capable of recognizing people from a 2,620-foot distance and reading license plates from 800 feet away. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026

A lot of the focus was on their use of Flock license plate readers and the detectives' decision to search for the license plate of the department vehicle driven by the female detective. — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Officers were able to locate the car within 15 minutes using license plate readers in the city, police said. — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

The children of deceased baseball legend Roberto Clemente sued Puerto Rico for issuing a commemorative license plate bearing his name and likeness. — Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 30 July 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