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L-plate

L-plate noun: a plastic square consisting of a large letter L, placed on the front and rear of a vehicle to indicate that the driver is a learner.

l-plate: a plastic square consisting of a large letter L, placed on the front and rear of a vehicle to...
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Noun

L-plate (plural L-plates)

  1. A plastic square consisting of a large letter L, placed on the front and rear of a vehicle to indicate that the driver is a learner.
  2. (broadly, informal) The condition of being a novice or learner.
    • He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse.2005, Kathy Lette, A Stitch in Time, page 17

Forms of L-plate

pluralL-plates

Words formed from L-plate

Questions about L-plate

What does L-plate mean?
L-plate means a plastic square consisting of a large letter L, placed on the front and rear of a vehicle to indicate that the driver is a learner.
What part of speech is L-plate?
L-plate is a noun.
What is the plural of L-plate?
The plural of L-plate is L-plates.

Words near L-plate in the dictionary

  1. L-head
  2. L-kick
  3. L-kicks
  4. L-number
  5. L-numbers
  6. L-plate
  7. L-plater
  8. L-plates
  9. L-pop
  10. L-rd
  11. L-shaped

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