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noun
a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑plate
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L-plate see under ↑L (abbrev).
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Lˈ-plate noun
A sign displayed on a motor vehicle driven by a learner-driver, a red ‘L’ on a white background
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Main Entry: ↑L
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a white sign with a red ‘L’ used in the UK on a car that is being driven by a learner
Thesaurus: driver's licence and learning to drivehyponym
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(in Britain and some other countries) a white sign with a large red letter L on it, that you put on a car when you are learning to drive
Useful english dictionary. 2012.