"L-plate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: L-plates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} L-plate (plural L-plates)
  1. A plastic square consisting of a large letter L, placed on the front and rear of a vehicle to indicate that the driver is a learner.
    Sense id: en-L-plate-en-noun-NCabNB~u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 86 14
  2. (by extension, informal) The condition of being a novice or learner. Tags: broadly, informal
    Sense id: en-L-plate-en-noun-DDvASkak
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: L-plater, on one's L's Related terms: P-plate Translations (sticker): L牌 (L pái) (Chinese Mandarin)
Disambiguation of 'sticker': 53 47

Inflected forms

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