dowel
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈdaʊəl/
- Specialized
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dowel
- The carpenter used a wooden dowel to reinforce the joints of the furniture.
- dowel bar
- dowel rod
- dowel pin
Examples
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After the peak strength, the residual strength was maintained by the dowel bars.
Academic text (2016) -
The pipe is screwed into the tree and cuts a thin dowel of wood within its metal cylinder.
Academic text (1991) -
Give each group of students a data collection sheet, a measuring dowel, and a closed box.
Academic text (2013) -
So we have two mounts that are going to have a dowel that runs in between them.
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So I got to cut the dowel off, and now I'll have to drill a small hole in to fit the steel rod just right.
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But anyway, all these can still be achieved with screws or dowels like I have been doing in the past projects.
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Insert the dowels and press everything together with clamps.
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So what you're doing is you're attaching the dowel to the top of the strip.
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I do my first manipulations using a wooden dowel that has been sharpened in the pencil sharpener.
Academic text (1999) -
Wooden dowel rods with knob ends and a sliding bead may be used.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
A small round metal or wooden rod that you put into holes in two pieces to hold them together
A small piece put into holes in two pieces to hold them together
Compounds
- Specialized
A small round metal or wooden rod that you put into holes in two pieces to hold them together
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dowel comes from old words for a small wooden rod or peg used to join two pieces. Think of a dowel as a wooden 'peg' that fits into holes to hold things together, which is why we still use dowels to join furniture.