Definitions for dadoˈdeɪ doʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

da•doˈdeɪ doʊ(n.)(pl.)-does.

  1. Category: Architecture

    Ref: Also called die. 2 4

  2. the lower broad part of an interior wall when distinctively finished with wallpaper, paneling, paint, etc.

    Category: Architecture

  3. a groove or rectangular section in a board for receiving the end of another board.

    Category: Building Trades

  4. (v.t.)to provide with a dado.

    Category: Architecture, Building Trades

  5. dado in, to insert (a board or the like) into a dado.

    Category: Building Trades, Verb Phrase

Origin of dado:

1655–65; < It: die, cube, pedestal, perh. < Ar dad game

Princeton's WordNet

  1. wainscot, dado(noun)

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

  2. dado(noun)

    the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase

  3. dado(verb)

    a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it

  4. dado(verb)

    provide with a dado

    "The owners wanted to dado their dining room"

  5. dado(verb)

    cut a dado into or fit into a dado

Wiktionary

  1. dado(Noun)

    The section of a pedestal above the base.

  2. dado(Noun)

    The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.

  3. dado(Noun)

    The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.

  4. dado(Verb)

    To furnish with a dado.

  5. dado(Verb)

    To cut a dado.

  6. Origin: First attested in 1664. From dado.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dado(noun)

    that part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column

  2. Dado(noun)

    in any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base

  3. Dado(noun)

    in interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated


Translations for dado

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

given(adjective)

stated

to do a job at a given time.

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