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doorplate

doorplate noun: a plaque mounted on a door, bearing information about the occupant of a room or building.

Noun

doorplate (plural doorplates)

  1. A plaque mounted on a door, bearing information about the occupant of a room or building.

Forms of doorplate

pluraldoorplates

Origin of doorplate

From door + plate.

Questions about doorplate

What does doorplate mean?
Doorplate means a plaque mounted on a door, bearing information about the occupant of a room or building.
What part of speech is doorplate?
Doorplate is a noun.
What is the plural of doorplate?
The plural of doorplate is doorplates.

Words near doorplate in the dictionary

  1. doorpeople
  2. doorperson
  3. doorpersons
  4. doorphone
  5. doorphones
  6. doorplate
  7. doorplates
  8. doorpost
  9. doorposts
  10. doors
  11. doors of perception

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