panelling
UK/ˈpænəlɪŋ/
panelling noun: the panels with which a surface (especially an indoor wall) is covered, considered collectively. Also the present participle and gerund of panel.
Noun
panelling (countable and uncountable, plural panellings)
- The panels with which a surface (especially an indoor wall) is covered, considered collectively.
- He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
Also used as
panelling is also the present participle and gerund of panel.
Forms of panelling
| plural | panellings |
|---|---|
| alternative form | paneling |
Words formed from panelling
Questions about panelling
- What does panelling mean?
- Panelling means the panels with which a surface (especially an indoor wall) is covered, considered collectively.
- What part of speech is panelling?
- Panelling is a noun.
- How do you pronounce panelling?
- Panelling is pronounced /ˈpænəlɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of panelling?
- The plural of panelling is panellings.
Words near panelling in the dictionary
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