dowel

English

Plastic and metal dowels

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdaʊəl/
• Rhymes: -aʊəl

Noun

dowel (plural dowels)

1. 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.
2. A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it.

Translations

a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position

Dutch: deuvel (nl) m.

Finnish: tappi (fi)

pin or block of wood or metal, fitting into holes

Bulgarian: шпонка, шпилка, щифт, дюбел Finnish: tulppa (fi), tappi (fi) German: Dübel (de) m. Italian: tassello (it) m., piolo (it) m.

Russian: дюбель (ru) (djúbel’) m. Spanish: clavija (es) f., taco (es) m., espiga (es) f. Swedish: plugg (sv)

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Icelandic: pinni (is) m., láspinni (is), blindingur (is) m., blindnagli (is) m., blindingi (is) m., (wood dowel) tréblindingi (is) m., (wooden dowel) trétappi (is) m.

Anagrams

• lowed