Meaning & use
dado
The lower part of an interior wall, decorated separately from the wall above it.
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The Victorian hallway featured a wooden dado topped with a narrow decorative rail.
Interior designers often paint the dado a darker shade than the rest of the wall.
A note on using this word
Dado also names a rectangular groove cut into wood to fit another piece snugly, common in cabinetry and shelving.
Words with a similar meaning
wainscot
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A rectangular groove cut across a piece of wood to hold another piece securely.
The carpenter cut a series of dados into the side panels to hold each shelf.
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