dowel
[ dou-uh l ]
/ ˈdaʊ əl /
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), dow·eled, dow·el·ing or (especially British) dow·elled, dow·el·ling.
to reinforce or furnish with a dowel or dowels.
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Origin of dowel
1300–50; Middle English dowle < Middle Low German dovel plug; compare German Döbel, Dübel, Old High German tubili
OTHER WORDS FROM dowel
un·dow·eled, adjectiveun·dow·elled, adjectiveWords nearby dowel
dowager, dowager's hump, dowden, dowding, dowdy, dowel, doweling, dowell, dower, dower chest, dower house
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dowel
/ (ˈdaʊəl) /
noun
a wooden or metal peg that fits into two corresponding holes to join two adjacent partsAlso called: dowel pin
Word Origin for dowel
C14: from Middle Low German dövel plug, from Old High German tubili; related to Greek thuphos wedge
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