panel
/ˈpænəl/ noun, verb
Forms panels paneling panelling paneled panelled pannel
- noun A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc. “Behind the picture was a panel on the wall.”
- noun (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
- noun A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example. “Today’s panel includes John Smith.”
- noun A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
- noun (comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic. “The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline.”
- noun (graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel. “admin panel”
- noun (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
- noun (law) The whole jury.
- verb (obsolete, transitive) To enter (jury members) on an official list of jurors; to empanel.
- verb (obsolete, transitive) To fit (an animal, especially a mule or ass) with a panel or simple padded saddle.
- verb (transitive) To fit (a room etc.) with panels.
Synonyms
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Etymology
From Middle English panel (“piece of cloth, saddle pad, pane of glass, piece of ice, part, division, jury list, jury members”), from Anglo-Norman panel, panelle (“piece of cloth, saddle cushion”), from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Old English fana (“a piece of cloth, patch, banner, flag, vane”). Doublet of vane.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
- noun (a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury. Blackstone.
- verb To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot. Paneled back (Arch.), the paneled work covering the window back. See Window back.
Etymology [Orig., a little piece; OF. panel, pannel, F. panneau, dim. of pan skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side. See 2d Pane.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “panel”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details