Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A rectangular, usually metal plate that bears a sequence of numbers, letters, or both and is issued by a government to identify an officially registered vehicle.
Wiktionary
- n. a tag, usually of metal, bearing a sequence of letters, numbers or both, and placed at the front and back of a motor vehicle, as for identification purposes
WordNet 3.0
- n. a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number
Examples
“[Marton] in a gray and black striped suit [I remember that favorite seersucker suit of his] and his two little girls left their home and got into car license plate CA894 drove to Alkotas Utca 1, where we photographed him stepping out of the car.”
““That has to be her car,” my father observed, taking in a hybrid SUV with the license plate GRNSOLU.”
“Doug Berry was his name, and this ridiculously childish pickup truck with the offensively childish bumper sticker about divers on the back had a license plate from Suffolk County down on Long Island.”
“Most states will extend your license if your driving record is clean or issue longer-duration license plate stickers should you offer a credible explanation for requiring an extension.”
“Would the owner of the blue station wagon with the license plate F-G-X-1-1-3 please move your car?”
“I gave him a key chain with a miniature license plate that said MANUEL.”
“The car was mauve, and its Minnesota license plate matched the one dispatch had given him.”
“But he could always pull up the license plate number and track the vehicle back to its registered owner and, hopefully, to Heather Wallace.”
“But I had to admit, it was a thing of beauty, and the license plate got a smile out of me: 4NIC8.”
“I think this speaks to the point: he had a license plate that read SNIPR-1.”
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