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

With the help of license plate readers and other investigative efforts, police located the pickup near Clement and Mendocino avenues, which was unoccupied. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Warrant for Flock Candidates up and down the ballot and from both parties have found common ground in putting guardrails around the use of Flock Security cameras and other license plate readers. — AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Users can also look up the history of a license plate captured on Flock devices, and access state and nationwide networks of license plates. — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026

The investigators notified the Mexican army, providing the license plate number. — Steve Fisher special Correspondent follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 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