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doorplate

[ dawr-pleyt, dohr- ]

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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of doorplate1

First recorded in 1815–25; door + plate 1
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Example Sentences

The newly painted door was bright with love; the polished doorplate and bell handle glistened with love.

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

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

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