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dado

[ dey-doh ]

noun

, plural da·does, da·dos.
  1. Also called die. Architecture. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap.
  2. the lower broad part of an interior wall finished in wallpaper, a fabric, paint, etc.
  3. Carpentry. a groove or rectangular section for receiving the end of a board.


verb (used with object)

  1. to provide with a dado.

verb phrase

  1. to insert (a board or the like) into a dado.

dado

/ ˈdeɪdəʊ /

noun

  1. the lower part of an interior wall that is decorated differently from the upper part
  2. architect the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to provide with a dado
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dado1

1655–65; < Italian: die, cube, pedestal, perhaps < Arabic dad game
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dado1

C17: from Italian: die, die-shaped pedestal, perhaps from Arabic dad game
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Example Sentences

Mr MacKellor added: "We weren't expecting to find much, but we did find quite a lot of stone flagged floors, timber dado panelling and working window shutters."

From BBC

I also learned about dado, a cube of broth or spoonful of granules with wondrous powers, but that is another column.

Instead, there’s the drooling over the castle’s opulence, the visual caress of every chandelier and gold-leaf dado rail.

The front half of the restaurant, known as the café area, reveals crackle-glazed-tile dado panels in shades of green, orange, and teal, which meet beautiful marble-mosaic floors.

I see new words that sound cool like dado and kerf and tenon and mortise.

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