Dado

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Architecture The section of a pedestal between base and surbase.
  • n. The lower portion of the wall of a room, decorated differently from the upper section, as with panels.
  • n. A rectangular groove cut into a board so that a like piece may be fitted into it.
  • n. The groove so cut.
  • v. To furnish with a dado.
  • v. To cut a dado in.
  • v. To fit into a dado.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The section of a pedestal above the base.
  • n. The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
  • n. The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
  • v. To furnish with a dado.
  • v. To cut a dado.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of column.
  • n. In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under base.
  • n. In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In architecture: That part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice; the die.
  • n. The finishing of the lower part of the walls in the interior of a house, made somewhat to represent the dado of a pedestal, and consisting frequently of a skirting of wood about 3 feet high. The dado is also sometimes represented by wallpaper, India matting, or some textile fabric, or by painting.
  • To groove.
  • To insert in a groove, as the end of a shelf into its upright.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cut a dado into or fit into a dado
  • v. provide with a dado
  • n. the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
  • n. panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
  • n. a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
  • Verb Form
    dadoed    dadoing    dados   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    groove    furnish    provide    supply    render    segment    section    panel    channel   
    Variant
    dadoes    column    base   
    Form
    dado rail   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    border   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    tornado   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tomado    sido    hecho    perdido    estado    puesto    habia    dejado    escrito    partido