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number plate

number plate noun: either of a pair of rectangular metal plates bearing an alphanumeric code, fixed to the front and rear of a motor car to show its identity as registered with the DVLA.

Noun

number plate (plural number plates)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) Either of a pair of rectangular metal plates bearing an alphanumeric code, fixed to the front and rear of a motor car to show its identity as registered with the DVLA.

number plate meaning in Tamil

number plate in Tamil

வாகன எண் பலகை, எண் தட்டு

Synonyms of number plate

All synonyms of number plate

Forms of number plate

pluralnumber plates

Questions about number plate

What does number plate mean?
Number plate means either of a pair of rectangular metal plates bearing an alphanumeric code, fixed to the front and rear of a motor car to show its identity as registered with the DVLA.
What is number plate in Tamil?
Number plate in Tamil is வாகன எண் பலகை, எண் தட்டு. See Number plate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is number plate?
Number plate is a noun.
What is the plural of number plate?
The plural of number plate is number plates.

Words near number plate in the dictionary

  1. number one
  2. number one with a bullet
  3. number ones
  4. number pad
  5. number pads
  6. number plate
  7. number plates
  8. number ray
  9. number rays
  10. number sentence
  11. number sentences

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Adapted from Wiktionary: number plate (page history and authors); number plate (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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