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panel

UK/ˈpænəl//ˈpænəl/

panel noun: a (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.

Noun

panel (plural panels)

  1. A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
    • Behind the picture was a panel on the wall.
    1. A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
  2. A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
    • Today’s panel includes John Smith.
    • The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently reported that that rise is enough to melt 28 to 44 percent of glaciers worldwide.2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
  3. A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
  4. An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
    • The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline.
  5. A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
    • admin panel
  6. A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
    • To this end the sheriff returns his compulsive process , the writ of habeas corpora, or distringas , with the panel of jurors annexed, to the judge's officer in court.1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
  7. The whole jury.
  8. (Scots law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
    • [I]t remains only to examine the Relevancy of the two general exculpatory Defences pled for the Pannells.1737, “Information for His Majesty’s Advocate, and Mr. Hugh Forbes, Advocate, Procurator Fiscal of the High Court of Admiralty, against Thomas McAdam, and James Long, Pannels”, in Extract of the...
  9. (obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.
    • A panel and wanty, packsaddle and ped,
      with line to fetch litter, and halters for hed1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […]...
  10. A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
  11. A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
    • the panel of a door
  12. One of the faces of a hewn stone.
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  1. A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
  2. A heap of dressed ore.
  3. One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
  4. A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
  5. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
  6. (UK, historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
  7. A group of tests or assays, a battery.
    • This panel of tests can also help in cases where leukemia or lymphoma suddenly takes a turn for the worse (crisis) by determining if a change in the type of cells is causing the problem.1997, Michael Brodin, Encyclopedia of Medical Tests, page 270
    • A lipid panel measures three different types: low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and triglycerides.2009, Rick Daniels, Delmar's Guide to Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, page 478

Verb

panel (third-person singular simple present panels, present participle (US) paneling or (UK) panelling, simple past and past participle (US) paneled or (UK) panelled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To enter (jury members) on an official list of jurors; to empanel.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To fit (an animal, especially a mule or ass) with a panel or simple padded saddle.
    • The knight […] arose, and commanded Sancho to saddle his horse and pannel his ass immediately.1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume One, II.5
  3. (transitive) To fit (a room etc.) with panels.

panel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

panel in Hindi

rectangular section of a surface
पल्ला pallā

panel in Tamil

குழு, மரச்சட்டம், பொருத்துப் பலகை, பலகம்

panel in Marathi

पटल, पॅनेल, पॅनल

panel in Urdu

ڈبہ, خانہ, تختہ, جیوری
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panel in Bengali
নামসূচি, পানেল, কক্ষ, সভা
panel in Telugu
ప్యానెల్, పానెల్
panel in Malayalam
പാനൽ, മുൻമറ, ചട്ടക്കൂട്, ചതുരകളം
panel in Kannada
ಪಡಿ, ತಂಡ
panel in Punjabi
ਪੈਨਲ
panel in Gujarati
પેનલ, પૅનલ, પેનલને
panel in Odia
ପ୍ଯ଼ାନେଲ, ପ୍ଯ଼ାନେଲ୍, ଫଳକ
panel in Nepali
प्यानल, प्यानेल
panel in Arabic
لَجْنَة lajna, لَجْنَة تَحْكِيم
panel in Thai
บาน baan

Examples of panel in a sentence

  • The door panel should be sanded down carefully to provide a good key for the new paint.
  • They left a knockout in the panel for running extra wires someday.
  • The weld was still a bit proud of the panel, so she ground it down flush.

All 40 example sentences with panel

Forms of panel

Noun
pluralpanels
alternative formpannel
Verb
third-person singular presentpanels
present participle USpaneling
present participle UKpanelling
past participle USpaneled
past USpaneled
past participle UKpanelled
past UKpanelled

Plural of panel: panels

Origin of panel

From Middle English panel (“piece of cloth, saddle pad, pane of glass, piece of ice, part, division, jury list, jury members”), from Anglo-Norman panel, panelle (“piece of cloth, saddle cushion”), from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Old English fana (“a piece of cloth, patch, banner, flag, vane”). Doublet of vane.

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Questions about panel

What does panel mean?
Panel means a (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
What is panel in Hindi?
Panel in Hindi is पल्ला (pallā). See Panel meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is panel?
Panel can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce panel?
Panel is pronounced /ˈpænəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of panel?
The plural of panel is panels.

Words near panel in the dictionary

  1. panegyrizing
  2. panegyry
  3. paneity
  4. Panek
  5. Paneks
  6. panel
  7. panel beater
  8. panel beaters
  9. panel discussion
  10. panel discussions
  11. panel game

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: panel (page history and authors); panel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); panel (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); panel (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); panel (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); panel (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); panel (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); panel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); panel (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); panel (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); panel (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); panel (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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