PANELING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paneling mean? 

• PANELING (noun)
  The noun PANELING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PANELING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANELING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A panel or section of panels in a wall or door

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pane; paneling; panelling

Hypernyms ("paneling" 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 "paneling"):

wall panel (paneling that forms part of a wall)

Holonyms ("paneling" 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)

Derivation:

panel (decorate with panels)

 Context examples 

It should be cozy, perhaps with wood paneling, snowy white tablecloths, and fresh flowers.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Through the glass paneling I caught a glimpse of a large and luxurious room, in which a considerable number of men were sitting about and reading papers, each in his own little nook.

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