1. a nameplate or sign attached to a door, typically showing the name of the occupant or office

Examples

• The brass doorplate read ‘Dr. Smith, Family Medicine.’
• She polished the doorplate until it gleamed.
• The office doorplate was engraved with the company logo.
• A simple wooden doorplate marked the entrance to the cottage.
• The doorplate fell off during the renovation.
• Each apartment had a numbered doorplate by the entrance.