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US
/ˈdaʊəɫ/
]
[ UK /dˈaʊəl/ ]
[ UK /dˈaʊəl/ ]
NOUN
- a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
How To Use dowel In A Sentence
- Make sure the dowel holes are aligned by using a dowel jig or a horizontal boring tool (if available).
- To dowel the top prepare to drill the dowel holes using a horizontal boring tool or a doweling jig and centers.
- Drill dowel holes according to the plans, using a dowel jig or a horizontal boring machine.
- Dab a little wood glue into the hole, insert the dowel, and drive a 5/8-inch or 3/4-inch screw through the back of the wood to secure the dowel.
- Lay the shade on a flat surface with the lining side up, and mark the placement for the plastic rings along the dowel casing lines, aligning them with the screw eyes in the mounting board.
- Mr McDowell insisted that he would continue to rein in the overtime budget, which is expected to reach 64 million this year.
- I just made my first wedding cake a month or so ago – and you just REALLY want to make sure that all your dowels are the same size. Project wedding cake: mango curd | smitten kitchen
- There's little indication of the available range of ethical theories, from crude emotivism to Platonic realism, from McDowellian objectivism to virtue theory.
- The difficulties encountered in investigations did not excuse wrongdoing on the part of gardaí, Mr McDowell said.
- My study of the Elder Futhark has been eclectic, though I approach them from the old Icelandic and Norse runic poems as interpreted by Kate MacDowell. Kelley Harrell: Harry Potter and the Elder Futhark