dado
/ˈdeɪdoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Like a dado round the room was the jutting line of splendid heavy game-heads, the best of their sort from every quarter of the world, with the rare white rhinoceros of the Lado Enclave drooping its supercilious lip above them all."
- "Hangings of tapestry were behind the high seats, worked with flowers, snake’s-head, snapdragon, dragon-mouth, and their kind; and on the dado below the windows were sculptures of birds and beasts and creeping things."
- "Next, cut stopped dadoes in the shelf and the underside of the top for the vertical dividers."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: dado
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdeɪdoʊ/
- British English: /ˈdeɪdəʊ/