PANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pane mean? 

• PANE (noun)
  The noun PANE has 3 senses:

1. sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors

2. a panel or section of panels in a wall or door

3. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

  Familiarity information: PANE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pane; pane of glass; window glass

Hypernyms ("pane" is a kind of...):

plate glass; sheet glass (glass formed into large thin sheets)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pane"):

window; windowpane (a pane of glass in a window)

Holonyms ("pane" is a part of...):

window (a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A panel or section of panels in a wall or door

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pane; paneling; panelling

Hypernyms ("pane" is a kind of...):

panel (sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pane"):

wall panel (paneling that forms part of a wall)

Holonyms ("pane" is a part of...):

exterior door; outside door (a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building)

sliding door (a door that opens by sliding instead of swinging)

swing door; swinging door (a door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either direction)

wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

acid; back breaker; battery-acid; dose; dot; Elvis; loony toons; Lucy in the sky with diamonds; pane; superman; window pane; Zen

Hypernyms ("pane" is a kind of...):

LSD; lysergic acid diethylamide (a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid)

 Context examples 

Hansel, who liked the taste of the roof, tore down a great piece of it, and Gretel pushed out the whole of one round window-pane, sat down, and enjoyed herself with it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

"It is fair to-night," said she, as she looked through the panes, "though not starlight; Mr. Rochester has, on the whole, had a favourable day for his journey."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Hannah, who had carried wood, made a fire, and stopped up the broken panes with old hats and her own cloak.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The window panes were of green glass; even the sky above the City had a green tint, and the rays of the sun were green.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

“He must have entered through the door. There is no opening except the one pane,” said our learned guide.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I don’t know what made me look up, but there was a face looking in at me through the lower pane.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Number one—a French feather-bed with the two counter-panes of white sendall,” said he.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We all went together, she before us: and a glorious old room it was, with more oak beams, and diamond panes; and the broad balustrade going all the way up to it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

On examining my dwelling, I found that one of the windows of the cottage had formerly occupied a part of it, but the panes had been filled up with wood.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

To be sure, the pointed arch was preserved—the form of them was Gothic—they might be even casements—but every pane was so large, so clear, so light!

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)