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blue plaque

blue plaque noun: a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a historical link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site.

blue plaque: a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a historical link between that location...
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Noun

blue plaque (plural blue plaques)

  1. (UK) A permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a historical link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site.
    • As an aside, Luddendenfoot once had a famous (or perhaps infamous) clerk - drunkard Branwell Brontë, brother to the famous Brontë sisters and writers. He was sacked from his post in March 1842 after an audit revealed a discrepancy in the books. Today, a blue plaque on the Jubilee Refreshment rooms...2021 July 28, Paul Bigland, “Calder line captures picturesque Pennines”, in RAIL, number 936, page 66

Forms of blue plaque

pluralblue plaques

Questions about blue plaque

What does blue plaque mean?
Blue plaque means a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a historical link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site.
What part of speech is blue plaque?
Blue plaque is a noun.
What is the plural of blue plaque?
The plural of blue plaque is blue plaques.

Words near blue plaque in the dictionary

  1. blue pine
  2. blue pipe
  3. blue pipes
  4. blue planet
  5. blue planets
  6. blue plaque
  7. blue plaques
  8. blue plate
  9. blue plate special
  10. blue plate specials
  11. blue point

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