Image:TajDado.jpg|thumb|right|An architectural dado in the [Mahal|Taj Mahal.]

was wotd|2007|January|26
English
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Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/�deɪd��/
italbrac|US IPA|/�deɪdo�/
audio|en-us-dado.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|eɪd��

Noun
en-noun|pl=dadoes

1. context|architecture The section of a pedestal above the base.
2. context|architecture The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
3. context|carpentry The groove in a tongue and groove board.

Verb
en-verb|dado|es

1. transitive To furnish with a dado.
2. transitive To cut a dado.

Derived terms
dado rail

Italian

Etymology
From Classical Arabic.

Noun
it-noun|dad|m|o|i

1. A die or dice.
2. A stock cube.

Portuguese

Etymology
From Classical Arabic.

Noun
pt-noun-m

1. A die.

Verb
dado

1. past participle of dar, to give

Spanish

Etymology
From Classical Arabic.

Noun
es-noun-m

1. A die or dice.

Verb
dado

1. past participle of dar, to give

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