Dowel vs Dowl - What's the difference?
dowel | dowl |
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 wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
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(construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may fastened to it.
To fasten together with dowels.
To furnish with dowels.
As nouns the difference between dowel and dowl
is that dowel is 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 while dowl is alternative form of lang=en.As a verb dowel
is to fasten together with dowels.dowel
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Coordinate terms
* (pin or block of wood or metal) spline, biscuit, tenon * (construction) anchor, screw anchor (US); wall plug (UK).Verb
(dowell)- A cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.