Definitions for dowels

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dowels dow·el

Spelling: [dou-uh l]

IPA: /ˈdaʊ əl/

Dowels is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in dowels (delosw).

Definitions for dowels

noun

1. Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
2. a piece of wood driven into a hole drilled in a masonry wall to receive nails, as for fastening woodwork.
3. a round wooden rod of relatively small diameter.
4. 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)

1. to reinforce or furnish with a dowel or dowels.

Origin of dowels

1300-50; Middle English dowle Middle Low German dovel plug; compare German Döbel, Dübel, Old High German tubili

Examples for dowels

The ends of the dowel are cut at a slope to conform to the pitch of the runners.

In Figure 159, P represents a small cylinder of wood, possibly a dowel.

The dowel should be dipped in glue and inserted when the glue is applied to the joint.

Duledge was also used for dowel, the wooden pin connecting the felloes.

Bore the holes in the posts and the railing for the dowel pins.

Be sure that each end is perfectly square, then glue and dowel the 2-in.

A-1 is the distance from the working edge of the rail to the first dowel.

dowel the frames to the ends of the dresser in the places indicated on the drawing.

dowel, Dobet and Dobest have two or three different meanings.

Loosen the two boards at the centre and place them close to the dowel.