faceplate

English

noun

Definitions

A removable protective shield separating the inner workings of a machine from operator and observer.
A rigid flat surface that has an active role in the interaction of a device with an operator or user.

Etymology

Compound from English face (figure, form, shape) + English plate (slang for vinyl record).

Origin

English

plate

Gloss

slang for vinyl record

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Blackface English
Europlate English
Jewface English
PrimeFaces English
about-face English
aface English
arseface English
assface English
babyface English
backface English
backplate English
baseplate English
bedplate English
biface English
bitchface English
blackface English
blockface English
boilerplate English
boldface English
boltface English
bookplate English
brazenface English
breakface English
breastplate English
brownface English
buttface English
buttplate English
catface English
chainplate English
clubface English
clutchplate English
coalface English
cockface English
copperplate English
counterface English
counterplate English
crapface English
crater face English
cuntface English
dickface English
dinnerplate English
dogface English
dollface English
doorplate English
dorkface English
doucheface English
doughface English
downface English
drawplate English
dubplate English
duckface English
eigenface English
electroplate English
enantioface English
endplate English
enface English
exoface English
face English
face fly English
face-off English
faceable English
faceache English
facebook English
facebow English
facebuster English
facecam English
facecare English
facecloth English
facecrime English
faced English
facefirst English
facefuck English
faceful English
faceguard English
faceism English
faceless English
facelet English
facelick English
facelift English
facelike English
facemail English
facemask English
faceoff English
facepaint English
facepalm English
facepic English
facepiece English
faceplant English
faceplated English
faceprint English
facer English
facesaving English
facesitter English
facesitting English
facest English
faceth English
faceup English
faceward English
facewards English
facewash English
facewear English
facewipe English
facework English
faceworker English
facey English
fagface English
faggotface English
falseface English
fartface English
fatface English
filterplate English
fingerplate English
fishplate English
flexplate English
floorplate English
footplate English
forceplate English
foreface English
foxface English
freckleface English
fuckface English
gasface English
gayface English
heartface English
hemiface English
heteroplate English
horseface English
hotplate English
hourplate English
hyperface English
immunoplate English
implate English
interface English
interplate English
intraplate English
jerkface English
keyplate English
kickplate English
legplate English
lightface English
lockplate English
lysoplate English
manface English
microplate English
midface English
midplate English
miniplate English
monkeyface English
moon-face English
nameplate English
nanoplate English
neckplate English
nonface English
notoplate English
outface English
overplate English
paleface English
pieface English
pigface English
pissface English
plate English
plateable English
platebound English
plateful English
platelayer English
plateless English
platelet English
platelike English
platemaker English
platemaking English
plateman English
platemark English
plater English
platescape English
plateware English
plateway English
platewise English
platy English
pooface English
pram face English
preplate English
prickface English
pukeface English
ratface English
redface English
reface English
replate English
ridgeplate English
scarface English
scratchplate English
screwface English
screwplate English
scumface English
shitface English
shoreface English
skidplate English
sleeveface English
slimeface English
slipface English
slutface English
snotface English
snowface English
soleplate English
spotface English
stereoplate English
straightface English
subface English
subplate English
swashplate English
switchplate English
tardface English
throatplate English
tieplate English
tinplate English
toeplate English
toothplate English
treadplate English
trollface English
tubeplate English
turnplate English
twi-faced English
typeface English
underface English
underplate English
unface English
uniface English
wall plate English
wankface English
waveplate English
wheyface English
whiteface English
yellowface English
zitface English
Platte German
placo Spanish, Castilian
fjes Norwegian Bokmål
fejs Swedish
プレート Japanese
fjes Norwegian Nynorsk
face Middle English
fásáil Irish
fjæs Danish
plate Old French
प्लेट Hindi
番斯 Chinese
ipleyiti Xhosa
pelet Tok Pisin
pes Tok Pisin
plet Tok Pisin
lipulede Swati
feese Pennsylvania German
palet Fiji Hindi