solar panel

noun

: a battery of solar cells (as on a rooftop)

Examples of solar panel in a Sentence

All of the house's electricity is produced by solar panels on the roof.
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With solar panels included, the tiny house becomes a self-sufficient micro-home, ready to roam wherever your adventures lead. Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025 The tiny house runs off-grid with solar panels and has a spacious layout, with a sofa and a desk for remote working. New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2025 Coyote Creek The Board of Supervisors approved a SMUD solar panel project that would span across 1,357 acres known as the Coyote Creek Agrivolatic Ranch Project. Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 26 Dec. 2025 India lacks both a dedicated national budget and the industrial-scale facilities needed to handle the coming tide of solar panel waste. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for solar panel

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of solar panel was in 1961

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“Solar panel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20panel. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

solar panel

noun
: a group of solar cells forming a flat surface (as on a spacecraft)
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