panel

[ pan-l ]

/ ˈpæn l /

noun

a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.

a comparatively thin, flat piece of wood or the like, as a large piece of plywood.

a group of persons gathered to conduct a public discussion, judge a contest, serve as advisers, be players on a radio or television game, or the like: a panel of political scientists meeting to discuss foreign policy.

a public discussion by such a group.

Law.

a list of persons summoned for service as jurors.
the body of persons composing a jury.
(in Scotland) the person or persons arraigned for trial.

a mount for or a surface or section of a machine containing the controls and dials.

Electricity. a switchboard or control board, or a division of a switchboard or control board containing a set of related cords, jacks, relays, etc.

a broad strip of material set vertically in or on a dress, skirt, etc.

Painting.

a flat piece of wood of varying kinds on which a picture is painted.
a picture painted on such a piece of wood.

(in Britain) a list of approved or cooperating doctors available to patients under a health insurance program.

Aeronautics. a lateral subdivision of an airfoil with internal girder construction.

Engineering, Building Trades.

the space on the chord of a truss between any two adjacent joints made by principal web members with the chord.
the space within the web of a truss between any two such joints and a corresponding pair of joints or a single joint on an opposite chord.

the section between the two bands on the spine of a bound book.

Mining. an area of a coal seam separated for mining purposes from adjacent areas by extra thick masses or ribs of coal.

a pad placed under a saddle.

a pad, cloth, or the like, serving as a saddle.

a pane, as in a window.

a slip of parchment.

a photograph much longer in one dimension than the other.

verb (used with object), pan·eled, pan·el·ing or (especially British) pan·elled, pan·el·ling.

to arrange in or furnish with a panel or panels.

to ornament with a panel or panels.

to set in a frame as a panel.

to select (a jury).

Scots Law. to bring to trial.

Origin of panel

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French panel a piece (of anything), diminutive of pan piece of cloth or the like. See pane, -elle

usage note for panel

See collective noun.

OTHER WORDS FROM panel

re·pan·el, verb (used with object), re·pan·eled, re·pan·el·ing or (especially British) re·pan·elled, re·pan·el·ling. sub·pan·el, noun un·pan·eled, adjective un·pan·elled, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH panel

board committee council panel trust

Words nearby panel

paned, paneer, panegyric, panegyrist, panegyrize, panel, panel beater, panel discussion, panel heating, panel house, panel lighting

Definition for panelling (2 of 2)

paneling

[ pan-l-ing ]

/ ˈpæn l ɪŋ /

noun

wood or other material made into panels.

a surface of panels, especially of decorative wood or woodlike panels.

panels collectively.

Also especially British, pan·el·ling.

Origin of paneling

First recorded in 1815–25; panel + -ing¹

Example sentences from the Web for panelling

The angles are emphasized by octagonal projections, the panelling of which seems to have ruled that of the whole structure.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 |Various
Sashes all knock-kneed, panelling out of the square, or painters with their paint all blistering and peeling off.

Original Penny Readings |George Manville Fenn
I catch sight of a small door, in the panelling, on my right at the end of this corridor, closing quickly.

Happy-Thought Hall |F. C. Burnand
The brilliant colours against the dark green of the trees form a most suitable relief to the uniform brown of the panelling.

Yorkshire Painted And Described |Gordon Home

A fire burned upon the centre hearth in the hall, and threw shadows on the panelling.

Eric Brighteyes |H. Rider Haggard

British Dictionary definitions for panelling (1 of 2)

panelling

US paneling

/ (ˈpænəlɪŋ) /

noun

panels collectively, as on a wall or ceiling

material used for making panels

British Dictionary definitions for panelling (2 of 2)

panel

/ (ˈpænəl) /

noun

a flat section of a wall, door, etc

any distinct section or component of something formed from a sheet of material, esp of a car body, the spine of a book, etc

a piece of material inserted in a skirt, dress, etc

a group of persons selected to act as a team in a quiz, to judge a contest, to discuss a topic before an audience, etc
(as modifier)a panel game

a public discussion by such a group a panel on public health

law

a list of persons summoned for jury service
the persons on a specific jury

Scots law a person indicted or accused of crime after appearing in court

a thin board used as a surface or backing for an oil painting
a painting done on such a surface

any picture with a length much greater than its breadth

See instrument panel

(formerly, in Britain)

a list of patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
a list of medical practitioners within a given area available for consultation by these patients

on the panel British informal receiving sickness benefit, esp from the government

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (tr)

to furnish or decorate with panels

to divide into panels

law

to empanel (a jury)
(in Scotland) to bring (a person) to trial; indict

Word Origin for panel

C13: from Old French: portion, from pan piece of cloth, from Latin pannus; see pane 1

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panel

noun

verb (used with object), pan·eled, pan·el·ing or (especially British) pan·elled, pan·el·ling.

Origin of panel

usage note for panel

OTHER WORDS FROM panel

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH panel

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Definition for panelling (2 of 2)

noun

Origin of paneling

Example sentences from the Web for panelling

British Dictionary definitions for panelling (1 of 2)

US paneling

noun

British Dictionary definitions for panelling (2 of 2)

noun

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (tr)

Word Origin for panel

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

panel

noun

verb (used with object), pan·eled, pan·el·ing or (especially British) pan·elled, pan·el·ling.

Origin of panel

usage note for panel

OTHER WORDS FROM panel

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH panel

Words nearby panel

Definition for panelling (2 of 2)

noun

Origin of paneling

Words related to panelling

Example sentences from the Web for panelling

British Dictionary definitions for panelling (1 of 2)

US paneling

noun

British Dictionary definitions for panelling (2 of 2)

noun

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (tr)

Word Origin for panel