Meaning

2 senses
  1. A plate or plaque inscribed with a name.

    the nameplate on a locomotive

    the brass nameplate on the doctor's front door

    Namensschild

    табли́чкаtablíčka, именна́я табли́чкаimennája tablíčka

    a plate bearing a name

  2. The masthead of a newspaper.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The carriage paused at a fine residence with just a nameplate on the door.

  2. Mary aligned the text on the nameplate of her letter box according to the golden ratio.

    deMaria hat die Schrift auf dem Namensschild ihres Briefkastens nach dem Goldenen Schnitt ausgerichtet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
A plate or plaque inscribed with a name:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
A plate or plaque inscribed with a name:

Origin

From name + plate.

From name + plate.

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Forms

plural: nameplates

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nameplate — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto