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nameplate

nameplate noun: a plate or plaque inscribed with a name.

Noun

nameplate (plural nameplates)

  1. A plate or plaque inscribed with a name.
    • the nameplate on a locomotive
    • the brass nameplate on the doctor's front door
  2. The masthead of a newspaper.

nameplate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Gujarati

nameplate in Tamil

பெயர்ப்பலகை, பெயர்த்தகடு, பெயர்த்தட்டு

nameplate in Urdu

نام کی تختی

nameplate in Kannada

ನಾಮಫಲಕ, ಹೆಸರುಪಟ್ಟಿ

nameplate in Gujarati

nameplate
પાટિયું pāṭiyũ
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nameplate in Indonesian
papan nama

Examples of nameplate in a sentence

  • Grand, Member of the B.T.C., and formerly General Manager of the Western Region, then unveiled one of the nameplates of No. 92220, to the applause of the large number of railwaymen and guests present.1960 May, “Evening Star”, in Railway Magazine, pages 307-308:
  • Now the chintzy nameplate is all that distinguishes his work space from those of the photocopier repairperson, diet food company, and kitchen designer down the hall.1998 December 18, Peter Margasak, “Punk Planet's New Atmosphere”, in Chicago Reader:
  • By March 1994, it had moved to Cardiff Canton, and was still allocated there when its nameplates were taken off in March 1997.2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:

Forms of nameplate

pluralnameplates
alternative formname plate

Plural of nameplate: nameplates

Origin of nameplate

From name + plate.

Words formed from nameplate

Questions about nameplate

What does nameplate mean?
Nameplate means a plate or plaque inscribed with a name.
What is nameplate in Tamil?
Nameplate in Tamil is பெயர்ப்பலகை, பெயர்த்தகடு, பெயர்த்தட்டு. See Nameplate meaning in Tamil.
How do you use nameplate in a sentence?
Grand, Member of the B.T.C., and formerly General Manager of the Western Region, then unveiled one of the nameplates of No. 92220, to the applause of the large number of railwaymen and guests present.
What part of speech is nameplate?
Nameplate is a noun.
What is the plural of nameplate?
The plural of nameplate is nameplates.

Words near nameplate in the dictionary

  1. namelings
  2. namely
  3. namenesia
  4. namepiece
  5. namepieces
  6. nameplate
  7. nameplated
  8. nameplates
  9. nameplating
  10. nameplay
  11. nameplays

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nameplate (page history and authors); nameplate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nameplate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nameplate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); પાટિયું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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