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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Gila River has stored groundwater and was the first in the Western Hemisphere to place solar panels over canals to both conserve water and generate electricity. —Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 14 Dec. 2025

To prove its tech is up to the task, Overview completed an airborne demo last month, in which a Cessna Caravan light aircraft transmitted power using a laser to a ground receiver made up of conventional solar panels from an altitude of 3 miles (5 km). —Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025

Supporters say community solar provides the benefits of renewable energy to renters and homeowners with roofs unsuitable for solar panel installation. —Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025

Effectively, the Communist Party is outsourcing its soft power outreach to China’s private sector, the same group delivering tech innovations — EVs, batteries, solar panels, and wind turbines — to the world. —Andy Browne, semafor.com, 11 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for solar panel

• multichannel
• perianal
• annal
• annul
• cannel
• channel
• flannel
• pannel

Kids Definition

solar panel

noun

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