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

The Portland energy developer has been in the renewables business since 2003, and his firm, Obsidian Renewables, has a plan to put a vast array of solar panels on a piece of southern Oregon high desert that’s the size of 3,000 football fields. —Tony Schick, ProPublica, 12 May 2025

Despite opposition, Colorado should keep requiring Xcel to buy electricity from rooftop solar panels (Opinion) Xcel spokesman Tyler Bryant said in an email that the company has stopped the practice of automatically disconnecting calls to its service center. —Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 8 May 2025

Zeljko’s presentation was accompanied by impressive images of rows and rows of houses, almost every second one topped by rooftop solar panels. —Judith Magyar, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025

Raymond Ward wants to see solar panels draped over every balcony in the United States and doesn’t understand why that isn’t happening. —Akielly Hu, Wired News, 3 May 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)