panel
verb/ˈpænl/
/ˈpænl/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they panel | /ˈpænl/ /ˈpænl/ |
| he / she / it panels | /ˈpænəlz/ /ˈpænəlz/ |
| past simple panelled | /ˈpænəld/ /ˈpænəld/ |
| past participle panelled | /ˈpænəld/ /ˈpænəld/ |
| (US English) past simple paneled | /ˈpænəld/ /ˈpænəld/ |
| (US English) past participle paneled | /ˈpænəld/ /ˈpænəld/ |
| -ing form panelling | /ˈpænəlɪŋ/ /ˈpænəlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form paneling | /ˈpænəlɪŋ/ /ˈpænəlɪŋ/ |
- to cover or decorate a surface with flat pieces of wood, glass, etc.
- be panelled (in something) The walls were panelled in oak.
- a glass-/wood-panelled door
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, literally ‘piece of cloth’, based on Latin pannus ‘(piece of) cloth’. The early sense ‘piece of parchment’ was extended to mean ‘list’, which led to the sense ‘advisory group’. Senses (1) to (3) come from the late Middle English sense ‘distinct section of a surface’.
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