a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., esp. of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.

a comparatively thin, flat piece of wood or the like, as a large piece of plywood.

a group of persons gathered to conduct a public discussion, judge a contest, serve as advisers, be players on a radio or television game, or the like

a panel of political scientists meeting to discuss foreign policy.

a public discussion by such a group.

Law .

a list of persons summoned for service as jurors.

the body of persons composing a jury.

(in Scotland) the person or persons arraigned for trial.

a mount for or a surface or section of a machine containing the controls and dials.

Electricity . a switchboard or control board, or a division of a switchboard or control board containing a set of related cords, jacks, relays, etc.

a broad strip of material set vertically in or on a dress, skirt, etc.

Painting .

a flat piece of wood of varying kinds on which a picture is painted.

a picture painted on such a piece of wood.

(in Britain) a list of approved or cooperating doctors available to patients under a health insurance program.

Aeronautics . a lateral subdivision of an airfoil with internal girder construction.

Engineering, Building Trades .

the space on the chord of a truss between any two adjacent joints made by principal web members with the chord.

the space within the web of a truss between any two such joints and a corresponding pair of joints or a single joint on an opposite chord.

the section between the two bands on the spine of a bound book.

Mining . an area of a coal seam separated for mining purposes from adjacent areas by extra thick masses or ribs of coal.

a pad placed under a saddle.

a pad, cloth, or the like, serving as a saddle.

a pane, as in a window.

a slip of parchment.

a photograph much longer in one dimension than the other.

to arrange in or furnish with a panel or panels.

to ornament with a panel or panels.

to set in a frame as a panel.

to select (a jury).

Scots Law . to bring to trial.

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