Definitions for doorplate

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doorplate door·plate

Spelling: [dawr-pleyt, dohr-]

IPA: /ˈdɔrˌpleɪt, ˈdoʊr-/

Doorplate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 508 anagrams from letters in doorplate (adelooprt).

Definitions for doorplate

noun

1. a small identification plate on the outside door of a house or room, bearing the occupant's name, the apartment or house number, or the like.

Origin of doorplate

First recorded in 1815-25; door + plate¹

Examples for doorplate

He could distinguish fruit from leaves on a tree, and read the name on a doorplate where others could see nothing in the darkness.

The doorplate was of cast iron of heavy section, strongly ribbed.