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 say a maroon 2008 Ford Taurus with the license plate number EL0H3Z may be involved in the incident. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

Also, backlash has grown in recent months against Flock Safety’s automatic license plate readers. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026

The city of Folsom plans to discontinue its use of Flock license plate-reading cameras, two City Council members told The Sacramento Bee on Monday. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026

The Journal Sentinel did a spot check of other suburban Milwaukee area school districts, which did not reveal any other districts that use Flock or a similar type of license plate reading cameras. — Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 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