| Panel 1. (n.) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc. 2. (n.) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury. 3. (n.) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. 4. (n.) Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing. 5. (n.) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door. 6. (n.) One of the faces of a hewn stone. 7. (n.) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted. 8. (n.) A heap of dressed ore. 9. (n.) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal. 10. (n.) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament. 11. (n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss. 12. (v. t.) To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot. Thesaurus Entries 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 |