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PANELING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paneling mean?
• PANELING (noun)
The noun PANELING has 1 sense:
1. a panel or section of panels in a wall or door
Familiarity information: PANELING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A panel or section of panels in a wall or door
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("paneling" is a kind of...):
panel (sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paneling"):
wall panel (paneling that forms part of a wall)
Holonyms ("paneling" is a part of...):
exterior door; outside door (a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building)
sliding door (a door that opens by sliding instead of swinging)
swing door; swinging door (a door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either direction)
wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)
Derivation:
panel (decorate with panels)
Context examples
It should be cozy, perhaps with wood paneling, snowy white tablecloths, and fresh flowers.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Through the glass paneling I caught a glimpse of a large and luxurious room, in which a considerable number of men were sitting about and reading papers, each in his own little nook.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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