fascia

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue that surrounds, separates, or binds muscles and organs

   Inflammation of the plantar fascia can cause heel pain.

2. 2
   noun

   a long board covering the ends of roof rafters, often supporting a gutter

   The carpenter replaced the rotten fascia beneath the gutter.

3. 3
   noun

   chiefly British: a vehicle's dashboard or instrument panel

   A warning light appeared on the car's fascia.

4. 4
   noun

   the front panel or face of an appliance or device

   The controls are arranged across the black fascia of the receiver.

Borrowed from Latin fascia ("band, bandage, swathe"). English first used it for bands and flat strips, then specialized the image in anatomy, architecture, and the front panels of machines. It is related through Latin to fasces, a bound bundle of rods.

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