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Meanings of dowel in English

Catalan
clavilla

A fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together.

clavilla
Usage of dowel in English
1
His jaw ached from biting the dowel so hard for so long.
Brisingr
2
So, this won't work if you rest the dowel on a hard floor.
Wired
3
Then he hammered the timber down on the iron dowel pins.
Calumet "K"
4
It was just hunkered down, its feet automatically clamped onto the wood dowel.
Naughty neighbor
5
Images online showed wooden dowel-shaped rods sliced into small, bullet-sized projectiles.
Reuters
6
Put the bottom of the dowel on something squishy -like thick carpet.
Wired
7
Opal trotted across the mow holding a dowel in her mouth.
The story of edgar sawtelle
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Basically, it is wooden dowel fit through a hole in a larger block.
Wired
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By squinting down the length of the dowel you can observe the crooked portions.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
10
You hit the dowel with a hammer and the large block appears to rise.
Wired
11
So, hitting the dowel tends to move the dowel down more than the block.
Wired
12
Roran arched his back and bit down on the dowel.
Brisingr
13
A-1 is the distance from the working edge of the rail to the first dowel.
Handwork in Wood
14
They are best compared with the dowel pins and bolts of a compound wooden beam.
Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design / American S...
15
Use hot glue on the dowel joints if possible.
Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 2
16
Pick up some quarter-inch dowel rods to drop in the runners, that's the easiest way.
The lake
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Dowel across language varieties
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