dado

dado is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.
2. noun. In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.
3. noun. In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
4. noun. a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
5. noun. the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
6. noun. panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall

   Synonyms: wainscot

7. verb. cut a dado into or fit into a dado
8. verb. provide with a dado

   "The owners wanted to dado their dining room"

Synonyms

wainscot

Common word forms

dados, dadoed, dadoes, dadoing

Words from these letters

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