Definition of Dado

1. Noun. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall.

Exact synonyms: Wainscot
Generic synonyms: Panel
Group relationships: Wall

2. Verb. Provide with a dado. "The owners wanted to dado their dining room"
Category relationships: Carpentry, Woodwork, Woodworking
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply

3. Noun. The section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase.
Group relationships: Footstall, Pedestal, Plinth
Generic synonyms: Section, Segment

4. Verb. Cut a dado into or fit into a dado.
Category relationships: Carpentry, Woodwork, Woodworking
Generic synonyms: Groove

5. Noun. A rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it.
Generic synonyms: Channel, Groove

Definition of Dado

1. n. That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.

Definition of Dado

1. Noun. (context: architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base. ¹

2. Noun. (context: architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion. ¹

3. Noun. (context: carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To furnish with a dado. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To cut a dado. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dado

1. to set into a groove [v -ED, -ING, -ES or -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dado

daddles
daddling
daddock
daddocks
daddy
daddy-long-legs
daddy-longlegs
daddy-o
daddy long-legs spider
daddy longlegs
daddyhood
daddyish
dadgum
dadgummit
dadlike
dado (current term)
dado plane
dado rail
dado rails
dadoed
dadoes
dadoing
dados
dadrock
dads
dadsonite
dae
daedal
daedalean
daedalian

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