panel
Forms
- Plural
- panels
- present (v1)
- panel
- 3rd person singular
- panels
Definitions
1.A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
- Behind the picture was a panel on the wall.
2.A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
- A detailed review of the organisation by an independent panel was released last week, revealing a culture of misogyny and bullying.
- Today’s panel includes John Smith.
3.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.
4.An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
- The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline.
1.To fit (a room etc.) with panels.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1801
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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”).