dowel
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1. dowel - Noun
2. dowel - Verb
Meaning
A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it.
To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
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Attach a string with a magnet at the end to a dowel.
Easy ribbon decoration, tied silk ribbons onto a white painted dowel.
Bent-Knee Bicycle with Stick Overhead: • On a mat, lie on your back and hold a dowel overhead with extended arms.
Does it use dowel rods and dovetailing joints?
Place a sheet of wax paper or 4×4-inch cake doily on top of the styrofoam, around the dowel.
The instructions did call for putting glue (included) into all the little dowel holes, which was a little annoying because I'm kind of sloppy, so I was constantly wiping away little smears of glue.