panel

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: pan=el

CIDE DICTIONARY

panel, n. [Orig., a little piece; OF. panel, pannel, F. panneau, dim. of pan skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side. See 2d Pane.].

•  A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff;  [1913 Webster]
•  Any group of persons selected to judge a contest, conduct a discussion, serve as advisers, or participate in any group activity in which they will provide information or make judgments.  [PJC]
•  Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.  [1913 Webster]
•  A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.  [1913 Webster]
•  One of the faces of a hewn stone.  Gwilt.  [1913 Webster]
•  A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.  [1913 Webster]
•  A heap of dressed ore.  [1913 Webster]
•  A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.  [1913 Webster]
•  A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.  [1913 Webster]
•  A segment of an aëroplane wing. In a biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Panel game, a method of stealing money in a panel house. -- Panel house, a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft from customers by accomplices of the inmates. -- Panel saw, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out panels, etc. -- Panel thief, one who robs in a panel house.

panel, v. t. 

 To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.  [1913 Webster]

Paneled back (Arch.), the paneled work covering the window back. See Window back.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

panel, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a distinct, usu. rectangular, section of a surface (e.g. of a wall, door, or vehicle). b a control panel (see CONTROL n. 5). c = instrument panel.
2 a strip of material as part of a garment.
3 a group of people forming a team in a broadcast game, discussion, etc.
4 Brit. hist. a list of medical practitioners registered in a district as accepting patients under the National Insurance Act.
5 a a list of available jurors; a jury. b Sc. a person or persons accused of a crime.
--v.tr. (panelled, panelling; US paneled, paneling)
1 fit or provide with panels.
2 cover or decorate with panels.

Idiom

panel-beater one whose job is to beat out the metal panels of motor vehicles. panel game a broadcast quiz etc. played by a panel. panel heating the heating of rooms by panels in the wall etc. containing the sources of heat. panel pin a thin nail with a very small head. panel saw a saw with small teeth for cutting thin wood for panels. panel truck US a small enclosed delivery truck.

Etymology

ME & OF, = piece of cloth, ult. f. L pannus: see PANE

THESAURUS

panel

accessory, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, ball, barrier, blue-ribbon jury, brattice, brawl, buffer, buffer state, bulkhead, bumper, caucus, cloison, coat, coating, collision mat, collop, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, country, covering, cushion, cut, dance, date, deal, defendant, diaphragm, diet, discussion group, disk, dissepiment, divide, dividing line, dividing wall, division, eisteddfod, fence off, fender, festivity, fete, feuille, film, flap, foil, fold, forgathering, forum, gathering, get-together, grand jury, housewarming, hung jury, impanel, impanel a jury, inquest, interseptum, jury, jury list, jury of inquest, jury of matrons, jury panel, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, leaf, levee, litigant, litigationist, litigator, mat, meet, meeting, membrane, midriff, midsection, open forum, pad, pane, paries, parties litigant, partition, party, party wall, patina, peel, pellicle, petit jury, plaintiff, plait, plank, plate, plating, plenum, ply, plywood, police jury, prom, property line, quorum, rally, rasher, reception, rendezvous, round table, safety glass, scum, seance, separate, separation, septulum, septum, session, sessions, set apart, sheet, shindig, shock pad, sit-in, sitting, skin, slab, slat, slice, soiree, special jury, suitor, symposium, synod, table, tablet, trial jury, turnout, veneer, venire, wafer, wall, wall off, witness

ROGET THESAURUS

panel

List

N list, catalog, catalogue, inventory, register, account, bill, bill of costs, terrier, tally, listing, itemization, atlas, book, ledger, catalogue raisonne, tableau, invoice, bill of lading, prospectus, bill of fare, menu, carte, score, census, statistics, returns, contents, table of contents, outline, synopsis, checklist, table, chart, database, index, inverted file, word list, concordance, dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, glossary, thesaurus, file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book, Red book, Blue book, Domesday book, cadastre, directory, gazetter, almanac, army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list, Almanach de Gotha, cadaster, Lloyd's register, nautical almanac, who's who, Guiness's Book of World Records, roll, check roll, checker roll, bead roll, muster roll, muster book, roster, panel, jury list, cartulary, diptych, cadastral.

Interposition

N interposition, interjacence, intercurrence, intervenience, interlocation, interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation, interpenetration, permeation, infiltration, intervention, interference, intrusion, obtrusion, insinuation, insertion, dovetailing, embolism, intermediary, intermedium, go between, bodkin, intruder, interloper, parenthesis, episode, flyleaf, partition, septum, diaphragm, midriff, dissepiment, party wall, panel, room divider, halfway house, interjacent, intercurrent, intervenient, intervening, intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interstitial, embolismal, parenthetical, episodic, mediterranean, intrusive, embosomed, merged, between, betwixt, twixt, among, amongst, amid, amidst, mid, midst, in the thick of, betwixt and between, sandwich-wise, parenthetically, obiter dictum.

Accusation

N accusation, charge, imputation, slur, inculpation, exprobration, delation, crimination, incrimination, accrimination, recrimination, tu quoque argument, invective, denunciation, denouncement, libel, challenge, citation, arraignment, impeachment, appeachment, indictment, bill of indictment, true bill, lawsuit, condemnation, gravamen of a charge, head and front of one's offending, argumentum ad hominem, scandal, scandalum magnatum, accuser, prosecutor, plaintiff, relator, informer, appellant, accused, defendant, prisoner, perpetrator, panel, respondent, litigant, accusing, accusatory, accusative, imputative, denunciatory, recriminatory, criminatory, accused, suspected, under suspicion, under a cloud, under surveillance, in custody, in detention, in the lockup, in the watch house, in the house of detention, accusable, imputable, indefensible, inexcusable, unpardonable, unjustifiable, vicious, Int, look at home, tu quoque, the breath of accusation kills an innocent name, thou can'st not say I did it.