pane

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈpeɪ̯n/
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/ˈpeɪ̯n/ · [ˈpʰeɪ̯n] · /ˈpæɪ̯n/ · [ˈpæ̝ɪ̯n] · /ˈpen/ · [ˈpen] · /ˈpeːn/ · [ˈpeːn]

Definition of pane

11 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
    “We need doubling glazing as this window pane lets out lots of heat.”
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noun

  1. An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
    “We need doubling glazing as this window pane lets out lots of heat.”
  2. A portion of a user interface that typically makes up part of a larger window and may be docked or snapped into position.
  3. A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.
  4. A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
  5. One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
  6. A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.
    “An octagonal tower is said to have eight panes.”
  7. A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
  8. One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
  9. One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
  10. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of peen.

verb

  1. (transitive)To fit with panes.
    “For example, by paning the glass horizontally (putting a single horizontal slat through the middle of the window), it almost looks as if you installed two windows.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English pane, pan, from Old French pan, from Latin pannus, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Doublet of pagne and pannus.

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