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Definition of "pane" []

  • A framed section of a window or door that is usually filled with a sheet of glass or other transparent material. (noun)
  • The transparent material used to fill such a section. (noun)
  • A panel, as of a door or wall. (noun)
  • One of the flat surfaces or facets of an object, such as a bolt, having many sides. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pane" in a sentence
  • "In Naples last week nonmob bakers handed out 20,000 loaves of what they called pane onesta — "honest bread" — to protest that city's 2,500 mob-linked bakeries, according to Confesercenti, a trade group."
  • "The doors clap to, the pane is blind with showers."
  • "To only show starred items, putis: starred in pane 1."