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dado
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dado has 3 senses
- dado(n = noun.artifact) wainscot - panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall; Array is a kind of panel
- dado(n = noun.artifact) Array - the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase; Array is a part of footstall, pedestal, plinth
- dado(n = noun.artifact) Array - a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it; Array is a kind of channel, groove
is a part of wall
is a kind of section, segment
Verb dado has 2 senses
- dado(v = verb.possession) Array - provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room" is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
- dado(v = verb.contact) Array - cut a dado into or fit into a dado; Array is one way to groove
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
dado, n. (pl. -os)
1 the lower part of the wall of a room when visually distinct from the upper part.
2 the plinth of a column.
3 the cube of a pedestal between the base and the cornice.
1 the lower part of the wall of a room when visually distinct from the upper part.
2 the plinth of a column.
3 the cube of a pedestal between the base and the cornice.
Etymology
It., = DIE(2)
THESAURUS
dado
baluster, balustrade, banister, base, baseboard, basement, bezel, canal, canalize, carve, caryatid, chamfer, channel, chase, chassis, chink, chisel, colonnade, column, corrugate, corrugation, crack, cranny, crimp, cut, die, dike, ditch, engrave, engraving, flute, fluting, foot, footing, footstalk, foundation, frame, furrow, gash, goffer, gouge, groove, gully, incise, incision, jack, keel, microgroove, mopboard, nadir, newel-post, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, pleat, plinth, plow, pole, post, queen-post, rabbet, rifle, rifling, ruck, rut, score, scratch, shaft, shoemold, slit, socle, sole, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, streak, stria, striate, striation, subbase, sulcation, sulcus, surbase, toe, trench, trough, trunk, upright, wainscot, well-worn groove, wrinkleROGET THESAURUS
dado
Base
N base, basement, plinth, dado, wainscot, baseboard, mopboard, bedrock, hardpan, foundation, substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck, footing, ground work, basis, hold, bilge, bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root, centerboard, bottom, undermost, nethermost, fundamental, founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.
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