nameplate

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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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