Associations to the word «Nameplate»

Wiktionary

NAMEPLATE, noun. A plate or plaque inscribed with a person's name, especially one on an office door.
NAMEPLATE, noun. The masthead of a newspaper.

Dictionary definition

NAMEPLATE, noun. A plate bearing a name.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats