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L-plates

L-plates is the plural of L-plate.

Meaning of L-plate

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

Questions about L-plates

What is L-plates the plural of?
L-plates is the plural of L-plate.

Words near L-plates in the dictionary

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

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