Meaning of nameplate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A plate or plaque inscribed with a name.
2. The masthead of a newspaper.

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Examples

“the nameplate on a locomotive”

“the brass nameplate on the doctor's front door”

“No. 6959 is painted in the standard wartime black livery and, like its immediate predecessors, does not carry a nameplate, but the words "Hall Class" have been painted on the middle coupled-wheel splasher.”

“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.”

“By March 1994, it had moved to Cardiff Canton, and was still allocated there when its nameplates were taken off in March 1997.”

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