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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dow•el /ˈdaʊəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Buildinga small rod, usually round and wooden, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to line them up.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dow•el (dou′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n. - BuildingAlso called dow′el pin′. [Carpentry.]a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
- Buildinga piece of wood driven into a hole drilled in a masonry wall to receive nails, as for fastening woodwork.
- Buildinga round wooden rod of relatively small diameter.
- Dentistrya peg, usually of metal, set into the root canal of a natural tooth to give additional support to an artificial crown.
v.t. - Buildingto reinforce or furnish with a dowel or dowels.
- Middle Low German dovel plug; compare German Döbel, Dübel, Old High German tubili
- Middle English dowle 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dowel /ˈdaʊəl/ n - a wooden or metal peg that fits into two corresponding holes to join two adjacent parts
Also called: dowel pin
Etymology: 14th Century: from Middle Low German dövel plug, from Old High German tubili; related to Greek thuphos wedge |