Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Faceplate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component)
"The technician had to replace the cracked faceplate on the server before he could access the internal hard drives."
A removable protective shield separating the inner workings of a machine from operator and observer.
"The technician slid off the dusty faceplate to inspect the tangled wiring inside the control panel."