dowel pin
- noun
- /ˈdaʊəl pɪn/
- Specialized
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- The carpenter ensured that every joint was held together with a sturdy dowel pin for extra strength.
Examples
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I then threw away the roll pin and instead used a dowel pin of the same size.
Blog text (13) -
The fitting has a 1/8-in. bore and may be shut off with a dowel pin.
Academic text (1995) -
However, as a professional translator with over 20 years of experience, I am appalled by the French translation on the Madison Mill "dowel pin" container.
Blog text (5) -
The company started making the fasteners by pressing dowel pins into holes drilled into the hexes until deciding that a more efficient process was needed, Payne recalled.
Academic text (2005) -
To assemble the furniture, I used a dowel pin to join the two boards securely.
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For the new table design, we need to drill holes for the dowel pins so the pieces fit together tightly.
Synonyms
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2.7
A small pin used to fasten or mark things
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9.9
A short wooden block that carpenters put inside walls to support shelves or frames
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6.5
A short round rod usually made of wood or plastic used to join two pieces by fitting into holes
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9.9
A pin or wedge that you push through holes to hold parts together
A small piece put into holes in two pieces to hold them together
A wooden peg used to hold pieces of wood together by swelling when wet
A small metal pin pushed through two parts to hold them together
A knot used to hold things together
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Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'dowel' (a rod that connects two materials) with 'pin' (a small slender fastener): together they clearly describe a cylindrical fastener used to join pieces. This noun-noun compounding follows standard, cross-linguistic naming patterns for hardware, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Dowel pin is a small round peg of wood or metal that you push into matching holes in two pieces so they lock together. The words dowel and pin make a simple image: a peg acting like a pin to 'hold together' the parts.