dado

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: da=do

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dado, n. (pl. -os)
1 the lower part of the wall of a room when visually distinct from the upper part.
2 the plinth of a column.
3 the cube of a pedestal between the base and the cornice.

Etymology

It., = DIE(2)

THESAURUS

dado

baluster, balustrade, banister, base, baseboard, basement, bezel, canal, canalize, carve, caryatid, chamfer, channel, chase, chassis, chink, chisel, colonnade, column, corrugate, corrugation, crack, cranny, crimp, cut, die, dike, ditch, engrave, engraving, flute, fluting, foot, footing, footstalk, foundation, frame, furrow, gash, goffer, gouge, groove, gully, incise, incision, jack, keel, microgroove, mopboard, nadir, newel-post, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, pleat, plinth, plow, pole, post, queen-post, rabbet, rifle, rifling, ruck, rut, score, scratch, shaft, shoemold, slit, socle, sole, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, streak, stria, striate, striation, subbase, sulcation, sulcus, surbase, toe, trench, trough, trunk, upright, wainscot, well-worn groove, wrinkle

ROGET THESAURUS

dado

Base

N base, basement, plinth, dado, wainscot, baseboard, mopboard, bedrock, hardpan, foundation, substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck, footing, ground work, basis, hold, bilge, bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root, centerboard, bottom, undermost, nethermost, fundamental, founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.