dado
Americannoun
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Also called die. Architecture. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap.
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the lower broad part of an interior wall finished in wallpaper, a fabric, paint, etc.
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Carpentry. a groove or rectangular section for receiving the end of a board.
verb (used with object)
verb phrase
noun
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the lower part of an interior wall that is decorated differently from the upper part
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architect the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice
verb
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of dado
1655–65; < Italian: die, cube, pedestal, perhaps < Arabic dad game
Example Sentences
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Young Dado grew up in a house with no electricity and walked barefoot to school, where he used bamboo sticks to learn arithmetic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
Croatian striker Dado Prso scored two of his four goals to double the lead, before Diego Tristan and Lionel Scaloni both scored to reduce the Spaniards' arrears.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023
Highline High School alumnus Dado Cokic entered the old Highline building as a freshman in the fall of 2018.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2023
That’s the space so jubilantly occupied by this production out of Chicago, directed by Dado and starring the off-center film star Michael Shannon in expertly demented form.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2017
But General Dado has the advantage over General Grant in one respect.
From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson
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