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dado

[dey-doh]

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noun

Also called die. Architecture. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap.

the lower broad part of an interior wall finished in wallpaper, a fabric, paint, etc.

Carpentry. a groove or rectangular section for receiving the end of a board.

verb (used with object)

to provide with a dado.

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So is arch. Does it mean:

an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch; a door or gateway with a curved head

the portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof

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Verb phrase

dado in, to insert (a board or the like) into a dado.

Origin:
1655–65; < Italian: die, cube, pedestal, perhaps < Arabic dad game

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dado (ˈdeɪdəʊ)

—n , pl -does, -dos
1.	the lower part of an interior wall that is decorated differently from the upper part
2.	architect the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice

—vb
3.	(tr) to provide with a dado

[C17: from Italian: die, die-shaped pedestal, perhaps from Arabic dad game]

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Word Origin & History

dado

1660s, of pedestals, from It. dado "die, cube," from L. datum (see die (n.)). Of wood panelling in a room, from 1787.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

dAdo
deoxyadenosine