Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dado

3 senses of dado

Sense 1
wainscot, dado -- (panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall)
       => panel -- (sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something)

Sense 2
dado -- (the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase)
       => section, segment -- (one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road")

Sense 3
dado -- (a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it)
       => groove, channel -- (a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dado

2 senses of dado

Sense 1
dado -- (provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room")
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 2
dado -- (cut a dado into or fit into a dado)
       => groove -- (make a groove in, or provide with a groove; "groove a vinyl record")