Dado

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  • noun. The section of a pedestal between base and surbase.
  • noun. The lower portion of the wall of a room that is decorated differently from the upper section, as with panels.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A rectangular groove cut into a board so that a like piece may be fitted into it.
  • noun. The groove so cut.
  • transitive verb. To furnish with a dado.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To cut a dado in.
  • transitive verb. To fit into a dado.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In architecture: That part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice; the die.
  • noun. The finishing of the lower part of the walls in the interior of a house, made somewhat to represent the dado of a pedestal, and consisting frequently of a skirting of wood about 3 feet high. The dado is also sometimes represented by wallpaper, India matting, or some textile fabric, or by painting.
  • To groove.
  • To insert in a groove, as the end of a shelf into its upright.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of column.
  • noun. In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under base.
  • noun. In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The section of a pedestal above the base.
  • noun. The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
  • noun. The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
  • verb. To furnish with a dado.
  • verb. To cut a dado.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cut a dado into or fit into a dado
  • verb. provide with a dado
  • noun. the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
  • noun. panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
  • noun. a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
  • Word Usage
    "The ermine emblematically depicted in the dado is elsewhere suspended from the collar that Federico had received from the king of Naples; in each studiolo this collar dangles from a drawer or cabinet."
    Form
    dado rail  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    channel  furnish  groove  panel  provide  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    tornado  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    =a  andado  dejado  descubierto  dicho  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    base  column  dadoes  
    verb-form
    dadoed  dadoing  dados