FACEPLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does faceplate mean? 

• FACEPLATE (noun)
  The noun FACEPLATE has 1 sense:

1. a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component)

  Familiarity information: FACEPLATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACEPLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("faceplate" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Domain category:

computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)