panel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A group of people who discuss, judge, or answer questions in public.

   Today's panel includes three leading scientists.

2. 2
   noun

   A flat, usually rectangular, section of a wall, door, or other surface.

   One wooden panel of the old door had cracked.

3. 3
   noun

   A flat surface with switches and controls for operating a machine.

   The pilot checked the instrument panel before takeoff.

4. 4
   verb

   To cover a wall or surface with flat sections, usually of wood.

   They paneled the study with dark oak.

Common collocations

• panel discussion Noun + noun

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”). Cognate with Old English fana (“a piece of cloth, patch, banner, flag, vane”). Doublet of vane.

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