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Panel

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Noun

1. panel

sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something

2. jury, panel

a committee appointed to judge a competition

3. panel, venire

(law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)

4. panel

a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc

5. panel

a soft pad placed under a saddle

6. gore, panel

a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails

7. dialog box, panel

(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with okay' or cancel'

8. board, control board, control panel, instrument panel, panel

electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices

Example Sentences:
'he checked the instrument panel'
'suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree'

Verb

9. panel

decorate with panels

Example Sentences:
'panel the walls with wood'

10. empanel, impanel, panel

select from a list

Example Sentences:
'empanel prospective jurors'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Panel

see synonyms of panel
noun
1. 
a flat section of a wall, door, etc
2. 
any distinct section or component of something formed from a sheet of material, esp of a car body, the spine of a book, etc
3. 
a piece of material inserted in a skirt, dress, etc
4. 
a. 
a group of persons selected to act as a team in a quiz, to judge a contest, to discuss a topic before an audience, etc
b. 
(as modifier)
a panel game
5. 
a public discussion by such a group
a panel on public health
6. law
a. 
a list of persons summoned for jury service
b. 
the persons on a specific jury
7. Scots law
a person indicted or accused of crime after appearing in court
8. 
a. 
a thin board used as a surface or backing for an oil painting
b. 
a painting done on such a surface
9. 
any picture with a length much greater than its breadth
10.  instrument panel
11. (formerly, in Britain)
a. 
a list of patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
b. 
a list of medical practitioners within a given area available for consultation by these patients
12.  on the panel
verb -els, -elling, -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (transitive)
13. 
to furnish or decorate with panels
14. 
to divide into panels
15. law
a. 
to empanel (a jury)
b. 
(in Scotland) to bring (a person) to trial; indict

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Panel

see synonyms of panel
noun
1. 
a. 
a piece of cloth placed under a saddle; saddle lining
b. 
a soft saddle
2. 
a section or division of a surface, or one that constitutes a surface
; specif.,
a. 
a section of a fence or railing between two posts
b. 
a flat piece, usually rectangular, forming a part of the surface of a wall, door, cabinet, etc., and usually raised, recessed, framed, etc.
c. 
a similar piece used for enclosing or covering something or serving as a light diffuser, a built-in heating element in space heating, etc.
d. 
a compartment or pane of a window
e. 
a section of a tapestry
f. 
any of the sections of a comic strip
g. 
an insulated board, or flat surface, for instruments or controls, as of an electric circuit, airplane, etc.
3. 
a. 
a thin board for an oil painting
b. 
a painting on such a board
c. 
any picture very much longer than it is wide
4. 
a. 
a list of persons summoned for jury duty
b. 
the persons summoned or the jury itself
5. 
a group of persons selected for a specific purpose, as judging a contest, discussing an issue publicly, performing on a radio or TV quiz show, etc.
6.  Aeronautics
a. 
any of the sections of a wing
b. 
any of the sections of fabric, etc. used in the envelope of a balloon or airship, or in the canopy of a parachute
7.  Dressmaking
a lengthwise strip, as of contrasting material, in a skirt or dress
8.  Mining
a compartment of a mine
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈpaneled or ˈpanelled, ˈpaneling or ˈpanelling
9. 
to cover, provide, fit, or decorate with panels

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Panel

see synonyms of panel
n.
1. A flat, usually rectangular piece forming a raised, recessed, or framed part of the surface in which it is set.
2. The space or section in a fence or railing between two posts.
3. A vertical section of fabric; a gore.
4.
a. A thin wooden board, used as a surface for an oil painting.
b. A painting on such a board.
5.
a. A board having switches or buttons to control an electric device.
b. An instrument panel.
6. A section of a telephone switchboard.
7. A cartoon drawing in a sequence of cartoons that form a narrative.
8. Law
a. The complete list of persons summoned for jury duty.
b. Those persons chosen from this list to constitute a pool from which a jury or juries will be selected for a particular court.
c. A jury.
9.
a. A group of people gathered to plan or discuss an issue, judge a contest, or act as a team on a radio or television quiz program.
b. A discussion by such a group.
tr.v. pan·eled, pan·el·ing, pan·els or pan·elled or pan·el·ling
1. To cover or furnish with panels.
2. To decorate with panels.
3. To separate into panels.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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