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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of doorplate¹

First recorded in 1815–25; door + plate ¹

Example Sentences

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

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

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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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