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

Inspector General Matthew Barragan recommended in the audit that the department suspend the deployment of any new automatic license plate readers, known as ALPRs, and the execution of new contracts. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

Reed left with the children in a gray 2020 Honda Accord four-door with a sunroof and Kansas license plate 3362AJH, according to the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department. — The Star, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026

The system – part of an arsenal of police surveillance technology advocates have warned about like license plate readers – is a network of audio sensors designed to record the sound of gunshots and tell authorities where the shots were fired. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 July 2026

Why is this not being funded at least partially by owners of bicycles who use these lanes, through the purchase of bicycle license plates? — Chicago Tribune, 11 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