dowel
noun
a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
dowels
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pluralof dowel.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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People are getting imaginative, painting pegboards to look like murals or creating custom wall installations using beautiful wood for the panels and chunky dowels to support shelves.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2022
You can separately buy rings to attach to the ends of pins, which work best with dowels, as opposed to tapered styles.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
It was the first house I had ever been in that did not have wardrobes, no three-piece set of veneered chipboard, that leaned precariously as the glue loosened in the dowels.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
They spread the dough onto silicon mats, covered it in parchment paper and began to roll it smooth with wooden dowels.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
The day I wandered into the coal shed looking for trouble I had the drum on my hip and two little dowels for drumsticks.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
