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number plates

number plates is the plural of number plate.

Meaning of number plate

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.

Questions about number plates

What is number plates the plural of?
Number plates is the plural of number plate.

Words near number plates in the dictionary

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

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