Usually means: Wood paneling on lower walls.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions History Colors (New!)
We found 29 dictionaries that define the word wainscot:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. wainscot: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. wainscot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wainscot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. wainscot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. wainscot: Vocabulary.com
  6. Wainscot, wainscot: Wordnik
  7. wainscot: Wiktionary
  8. wainscot: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. wainscot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. wainscot: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. wainscot: Dictionary.com
  12. wainscot: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Wainscot (disambiguation), Wainscot (fiction), Wainscot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Wainscot: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. wainscot: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. wainscot: Rhymezone
  17. Wainscot: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. wainscot: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. wainscot: Free Dictionary
  20. wainscot: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. wainscot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Wainscot: The Word Detective
  23. wainscot: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wainscot: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wainscot: A Word A Day

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)

(Note: See wainscoted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
noun:  Any of various noctuid moths.
verb:  To decorate a wall with a wainscot.

Similar:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    white,     cream,     beige,     taupe,     light gray, more...
Word origin

Words similar to wainscot

Usage examples for wainscot

Idioms related to wainscot

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing wainscot

Words that often appear near wainscot

Rhymes of wainscot

Invented words related to wainscot

Similar:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    white,     cream,     beige,     taupe,     light gray, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!