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DADO

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Irregular inflected form: dadoes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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))

Sense 2

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))

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

dado; wainscot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dado" is a kind of...):

panel (sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) 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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide with a dado

Example:

The owners wanted to dado their dining room

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "dado" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Domain category:

carpentry; woodwork; woodworking (the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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