panel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpænəl/
ipa: [ˈpæn.ɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈpænəl/
ipa: [ˈpæn.ɫ̩]
ipa: [ˈpɛən.əl]
ipa: [ˈpɛən.ɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈpænəl/
ipa: [ˈpæn.ɫ̩]
ipa: [ˈpeːnəl]
ipa: [ˈpeːn.ɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈpɛnəl/
ipa: [ˈpɛn.ɫ̩]
rhymes: -ænəl
Forms: form: panels
form: pannel
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: Behind the picture was a panel on the wall.
glosses: A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
topics: architecture
glosses: A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
examples: text: Today’s panel includes John Smith.
text: 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently reported that that rise is enough to melt 28 to 44 percent of glaciers worldwide.
text: A detailed review of the organisation by an independent panel was released last week, revealing a culture of misogyny and bullying.
ref: 2025 April 5, John Simpson, “Police Federation under fire for backing ‘unsackable’ rogue cops”, in The Observer:
glosses: A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
glosses: 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.
examples: text: The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline.
topics: comics
literature
media
publishing
glosses: An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
examples: text: admin panel
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
topics: law
glosses: The whole jury.
examples: text: [I]t remains only to examine the Relevancy of the two general exculpatory Defences pled for the Pannells.
ref: 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 Proceedings before James Graham of Airth, Esq; Judge of the High Court of Admiralty in Scotland, in the Action at the Instance of Duncan Forbes, Esq; His Majesty’s Advocate, and Mr. Hugh Forbes, Advocate, Procurator Fiscal of the Said High Court, against Thomas McAdams Souldier, and James Long Corporal, in the Regiment of Foot Commanded by Colonel —— Hamilton. Laid before the House Pursuant to Their Lordship’s Order April 18, 1737, London: Printed by John Baskett, […], →OCLC, page 12:
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
examples: text: A panel and wanty, packsaddle and ped,
with line to fetch litter, and halters for hed
ref: 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
glosses: A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.
glosses: A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
examples: text: the panel of a door
glosses: A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
masonry
glosses: One of the faces of a hewn stone.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
masonry
glosses: A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A heap of dressed ore.
topics: business
mining
glosses: One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
topics: business
dressmaking
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
glosses: A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
glosses: A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1997, Michael Brodin, Encyclopedia of Medical Tests, page 270:
text: A lipid panel measures three different types: low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and triglycerides.
ref: 2009, Rick Daniels, Delmar's Guide to Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, page 478:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A group of tests or assays, a battery.
Derived terms: word: architectural panel
word: beat panel
word: control panel
word: death panel
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word: frame and panel
word: immunopanel
word: instrument panel
word: interpretation panel
word: jury panel
word: legality panel
word: light panel
word: lying panel
word: manel
word: megapanel
word: modesty panel
word: multipanel
word: on the panel
word: panel beater
word: panelboard
word: panel discussion
word: panel game
word: panel house
word: panelize
word: panellation
word: panelled
word: paneled
word: panelless
word: panelling
word: paneling
word: panellist
word: panelist
word: panel pin
word: panel planer
word: panel saw
word: panel show
word: panel strip
word: panel thief
word: panel truck
word: panel van
word: panelwise
word: panelwork
word: patch panel
word: repanel
word: rocker panel
word: sandwich panel
word: solar panel
word: subpanel
word: thyroid panel
word: touch panel
word: track panel
word: vision panel