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P-plates

P-plates is the plural of P-plate.

Meaning of P-plate

Noun

P-plate (plural P-plates)

  1. (Australia, UK) A plastic square sticker or sign bearing a large letter P, placed on a vehicle to indicate that the driver only has a probationary driver's licence, for various possible reasons.
  2. (UK) A plastic square sticker or sign bearing a large green letter P - optional not mandatory - placed on a vehicle, probably to indicate that the driver has recently passed his or her driving test.

Questions about P-plates

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

Words near P-plates in the dictionary

  1. p-nitrobenzeneazoresorcinol
  2. p-p cycle
  3. P-plate
  4. P-plater
  5. P-platers
  6. P-plates
  7. P-pop
  8. P-shaped
  9. P-side
  10. P-site
  11. P-spot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: P-plates (page history and authors); P-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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