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Synonyms for wainscot

Most common

wall plinth dado

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.

Related words

Phrases
wainscot veneer

Forms

Plural
wainscots → panellings, walls, dados, plinths…

Example sentences

  • wall She walked on her hands along the top of the wall.
  • plinth The statue stands on a ten-metre-high plinth.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
wainscotsteady
wallsteady
plinthsteady
dadorising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
wall1, dado2
6 letters
plinth1
9 letters
panelling

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dado2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
lambris
Español
panel
Deutsch
Paneel