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# panel

noun (a panel, panels)

«panel» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A flat piece of wood, glass, metal or other material that is part of a door, wall or other surface. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#m1)
2. A board with switches, buttons or controls on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#m2)
3. A small group of people chosen to give their opinion, answer questions or judge something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#m3)
4. One picture box in a comic strip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science and everyday life, solar panels turn sunlight into electricity; a control panel works a machine. In school, a panel of judges chooses the winners of a contest. In reading and art, a comic is made of panels that tell the story in order. Phrases: «solar panel», «control panel», «panel of judges», «fence panel».

### Examples

- Solar panels on the roof make electricity from sunlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#x1)
- The door has four wooden panels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#x2)
- The pilot checked the control panel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#x3)
- A panel of judges chose the best poem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#x4)
- The wind blew down a fence panel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#x5)
- Draw your comic in six panels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#x6)
- The car had a dent in its side panel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#x7)
- A panel of experts answered our questions about space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#x8)
- She got up after midnight, passed through the panel, and found a Beautiful brown bear’s hide hanging in the corner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/#x9)

### Note

Countable. British «panelling», American «paneling» for many panels on a wall. A «panel» of people is one group, so «the panel is/are» are both used.

## In Jewish tradition

In Song of Songs the lovers' house has cedar beams and cypress panels, a green and lovely home.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the house as a picture of God's dwelling among Israel, the Temple or a place of love.

### Examples

- The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses. (Writings SNG.1.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/panel/#x1)

### Note

Countable. British «panelling», American «paneling» for many panels on a wall. A «panel» of people is one group, so «the panel is/are» are both used.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «panel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«panel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/panel.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «panel» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/panel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«panel» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/panel.html) on Mova free.