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Dado

Dado Meaning & Definition
Dado Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dado?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dado: wainscot

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dado: 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

See Also | channel | footstall | groove | panel | pedestal | plinth | section | segment | wall

Dado In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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