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panel

Syllabification: (pan·el)
Pronunciation: /ˈpanl/

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Definition of panel

noun

  • 1a thin, typically rectangular piece of wood or glass forming or set into the surface of a door, wall, or ceiling.
  • a thin piece of metal forming part of the outer shell of a vehicle:body panels for the car business
  • a flat board on which instruments or controls are fixed:a control panel
  • a decorated area within a larger design containing a separate subject:the central panel depicts the Crucifixion
  • one of several drawings making up a comic strip.
  • a piece of material forming part of a garment.
  • 2a small group of people brought together to discuss, investigate, or decide on a particular matter, especially in the context of business or government:we assembled a panel of experts
  • a list of available jurors or a jury.

verb (panels, paneling, paneled ; Britishpanels, panelling, panelled)

[with object] (usually as adjective paneled)
  • cover (a wall or other surface) with panels:an elegant paneled dining room

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, literally 'piece of cloth', based on Latin pannus '(piece of) cloth'. The early sense 'piece of parchment' was extended to mean 'list', whence the notion 'advisory group' panel (sense 1 of the noun) derives from the late Middle English sense 'distinct (usually framed) section of a surface'

Spelling rule

Do not double the final consonant when adding endings that begin with a vowel to a word that ends in a vowel plus a consonant, if the stress is not at the end of the word (as in target): (panels, paneling, paneled).

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