English Dictionary

dowel

/ˈdaʊəl/

noun

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.

I used a dowel to secure the shelves.

意味（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.

意味（2）

A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.

This twenty-four-piece starter set uses twelve thirty-six-inch-long dowels (or nine forty-eight-inch dowels) cut to these rod lengths. Lay out the cuts so you use the entire length of each dowel without any leftover scraps.

意味（3）

(construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.