1. a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
2. a comparatively thin, flat piece of wood or the like, as a large piece of plywood.
3. 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.
4. a public discussion by such a group.
5. 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.
6. a mount for or a surface or section of a machine containing the controls and dials.
7. a switchboard or control board, or a division of a switchboard or control board containing a set of related cords, jacks, relays, etc.
8. a broad strip of material set vertically in or on a dress, skirt, etc.
9. Painting.
• a flat piece of wood of varying kinds on which a picture is painted.
• a picture painted on such a piece of wood.
10. (in Britain) a list of approved or cooperating doctors available to patients under a health insurance program.
11. a lateral subdivision of an airfoil with internal girder construction.
12. 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.
13. the section between the two bands on the spine of a bound book.
14. an area of a coal seam separated for mining purposes from adjacent areas by extra thick masses or ribs of coal.
15. a pad placed under a saddle.
16. a pad, cloth, or the like, serving as a saddle.
17. a pane, as in a window.
18. a slip of parchment.
19. a photograph much longer in one dimension than the other.

20. to arrange in or furnish with a panel or panels.
21. to ornament with a panel or panels.
22. to set in a frame as a panel.
23. to select (a jury).
24. to bring to trial.

1. a flat section of a wall, door, etc
2. any distinct section or component of something formed from a sheet of material, esp of a car body, the spine of a book, etc
3. a piece of material inserted in a skirt, dress, etc
• a group of persons selected to act as a team in a quiz, to judge a contest, to discuss a topic before an audience, etc
• (as modifier)
5. a public discussion by such a group
6. law
• a list of persons summoned for jury service
• the persons on a specific jury
7. a person indicted or accused of crime after appearing in court
• a thin board used as a surface or backing for an oil painting
• a painting done on such a surface
9. any picture with a length much greater than its breadth
10. See instrument panel
11. (formerly, in Britain)
• a list of patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
• a list of medical practitioners within a given area available for consultation by these patients
12. receiving sickness benefit, esp from the government

13. to furnish or decorate with panels
14. to divide into panels
15. law
• to empanel (a jury)
• (in Scotland) to bring (a person) to trial; indict

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