DADO (dadoes)
Dictionary entry overview: What does dado mean?
• DADO (noun)
The noun DADO has 3 senses:
1. panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
2. the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
3. a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
Familiarity information: DADO used as a noun is uncommon.
• DADO (verb)
The verb DADO has 2 senses:
1. provide with a dado
2. cut a dado into or fit into a dado
Familiarity information: DADO used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DADO (noun)
Meaning:
Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
dado; wainscot
Hypernyms ("dado" is a kind of...):
panel (sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something)
Holonyms ("dado" is a part of...):
wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)
Meaning:
The section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dado" is a kind of...):
section; segment (one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object)
Holonyms ("dado" is a part of...):
footstall; pedestal; plinth (an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue))
Meaning:
A rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dado" is a kind of...):
channel; groove (a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record))
• DADO (verb)
Meaning:
Provide with a dado
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
The owners wanted to dado their dining room
Hypernyms (to "dado" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Domain category:
carpentry; woodwork; woodworking (the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cut a dado into or fit into a dado
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "dado" is one way to...):
groove (make a groove in, or provide with a groove)
Domain category:
carpentry; woodwork; woodworking (the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
