| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb dowel.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (dowel) | 1. To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: dowelling, doweling, dowelled, doweled, dowels, doweller, doweler, dowellers, dowelers, dowellingly, dowelingly, dowelledly and doweledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Expression | 1. Of Dowel.[Websters]. | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Specialty Definition: dowel
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Building & Civil Engineering | A short projection above a bank either on canal side or on both edges primarily constructed to prevent cutting up of the slope due to rain and to keep the limits of the boundary road or inspection path and the inside slope of the bank discernible. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Food & Agriculture | 1: Close fitting pin, peg, tube, or bolt for the accurate location of mating parts. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: Cylindrical wooden plug in deck plank to plug bolthole. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1: A pin-like piece of wood used to prevent the reciprocal sliding of wooden members. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: A pin, cylindrical or nearly so, which fits accurately into corresponding holes bored in two assembled parts so as to secure their mutual location. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Metallurgy | 1: A male extension of the tup or anvil fitted into a corresponding hole in the die block for accurate location in longitudinal direction. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: Metallic part, integral with one of the elements of an assembly, for guiding two elements into their relative position. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Wikipedic | A dowel is a pin, usually made of wood, plastic or metal, used to secure two objects together. A hole is bored in one or both of the objects and the dowel is inserted into the hole. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: dowel
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Dowel joint | A joint secured by a dowel or dowels. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Dowel pin | 1: A dowel. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
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Specialty Expressions: dowel
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Cable dowel | Mining | See: cable bolt. (references) | |
| Dowel inspector | Occupations | Inspects dowel pins for flaws, such as square ends, knots, or splits, and discards defective dowels. (references) | |
| Dowel pin | Metallurgy | Metallic part, integral with one of the elements of an assembly, for guiding two elements into their relative position. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Dowel pointer | Occupations | Tends machine that cuts dowels from dowel rod, and grooves and points dowels for use: Selects guide sockets according to diameter of stock, and secures sockets in automatic feedhead with locking thumbscrews. Adjusts saws to cut dowels to specified length. Starts machine, and inserts dowel rods in guide sockets to be cut and pointed. May sort and stack finished dowels in rack. (references) | |
| Positioning dowel | Mechanical Engineering | A pin, cylindrical or nearly so, which fits accurately into corresponding holes bored in two assembled parts so as to secure their mutual location. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: dowel | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Dowel | 9 | Dowel | 9 | |
| Dowel bar retrofit | 7 | Dowel bar retrofit | 7 | |
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