1. [noun] (architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
2. [noun] (architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
3. [noun] (carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
4. [verb] (transitive) To furnish with a dado.
5. [verb] (transitive) To cut a dado.
6. [noun] Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall.
7. [noun] The section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase.
8. [noun] A rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it.
9. [verb] Provide with a dado; 'The owners wanted to dado their dining room'.
10. [verb] Cut a dado into or fit into a dado.
