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dowel
[ dou-uhl ]
noun
- Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
- a piece of wood driven into a hole drilled in a masonry wall to receive nails, as for fastening woodwork.
- a round wooden rod of relatively small diameter.
- Dentistry. a peg, usually of metal, set into the root canal of a natural tooth to give additional support to an artificial crown.
verb (used with object)
doweled, doweling or (especially British) dowelled, dowelling.
- to reinforce or furnish with a dowel or dowels.
dowel
/ ˈ»å²¹ÊŠÉ™±ô /
noun
- a wooden or metal peg that fits into two corresponding holes to join two adjacent parts Also calleddowel pin
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ü²Ô·»å´Ç·É±ð±ô±ð»å especially British, ³Ü²Ô·»å´Ç·É±ð±ô±ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dowel1
1300–50; Middle English dowle < Middle Low German dovel plug; compare German Döbel, Dübel, Old High German tubili
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dowel1
C14: from Middle Low German »åö±¹±ð±ô plug, from Old High German tubili; related to Greek thuphos wedge
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At night, Roberts’ mother frequently beat him with a dowel.
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The first, Spherae, is a ball-shaped cushion supported by three polished wood dowels that slide through a brass disc and lock into place.
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By the time she folds it shut with a long wooden dowel, the flatbread is already bubbly and browned.
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A thin slab will be cut in the stone blocks that make up the staircase, and the portrait will be fitted in and secured with stainless steel dowels.
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The wall panels fit together with dowels, sort of like Ikea furniture, Ward added.
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