'Dado' definitions:
Definition of 'dado'
From: WordNet
noun
Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall [syn: wainscot, dado]
noun
The section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
noun
A rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
verb
Provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room"
verb
Cut a dado into or fit into a dado
Definition of 'Dado'
From: GCIDE
- Dado \Da"do\, n.; pl. Dadoes. [It. dado die, cube, pedestal; of the same origin as E. die, n. See Die, n.] (Arch.) (a) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column. Hence: (b) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base. (c) In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated. Daedal
Synonyms of 'dado'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baluster,
- balustrade,
- banister,
- base,
- baseboard,
- basement,
- bezel,
- canal,
- canalize,
- carve,
- caryatid,
- chamfer,
- channel,
- chase,
- chassis,
- chink,
- chisel,
- colonnade,
- column,
- corrugate,
- corrugation,
- crack,
- cranny,
- crimp,
- cut,
- die,
- dike,
- ditch,
- engrave,
- engraving,
- flute,
- fluting,
- foot,
- footing,
- footstalk,
- foundation,
- frame,
- furrow,
- gash,
- goffer,
- gouge,
- groove,
- gully,
- incise,
- incision,
- jack,
- keel,
- microgroove,
- mopboard,
- nadir,
- newel-post,
- pedestal,
- pedicel,
- peduncle,
- pier,
- pilaster,
- pile,
- piling,
- pillar,
- pleat,
- plinth,
- plow,
- pole,
- post,
- queen-post,
- rabbet,
- rifle,
- rifling,
- ruck,
- rut,
- score,
- scratch,
- shaft,
- shoemold,
- slit,
- socle,
- sole,
- staff,
- stalk,
- stanchion,
- stand,
- standard,
- stem,
- streak,
- stria,
- striate,
- striation,
- subbase,
- sulcation,
- sulcus,
- surbase,
- toe,
- trench,
- trough,
- trunk,
- upright,
- wainscot,
- well-worn groove,
- wrinkle