Get to know Dowel better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like fastener or fastening.
Dowel meaning
- 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.
- A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.
Using Dowel
- The main meaning on this page 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. | A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from. | A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.
- Useful related words include: dowel pin, joggle, fastener, fastening.
Context around Dowel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dowel
- In this selection, "dowel" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, deadly, wooden, pivot, pin, bar and nail stand out and add context to how "dowel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a wooden dowel to help and air a dowel or other. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dowel" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dowel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Similar to a dowel nail but with a head on the shank. (12 words)
Joint sealants are also used to reduce dowel bar corrosion in Concrete Pavement Restoration (CPR) techniques. (16 words)
If a person had difficulty sitting up in bed, he attached springs to a wooden dowel to help them up. (20 words)
If you're handy under the hood, you may even be able to fix the problem yourself, with companies now making kits designed to keep the deadly dowel pin from moving. (31 words)
The chalk helps take the moisture out of gymnasts' hands to decrease friction and prevent rips (tears to the skin of the hands); dowel grips help gymnasts grip the bar. (30 words)
I decided to drill through the center of both the adjustment lever and the broken pivot dowel, then screw the two pieces together with a long wood screw. (28 words)
Example sentences (7)
If you're handy under the hood, you may even be able to fix the problem yourself, with companies now making kits designed to keep the deadly dowel pin from moving.
If a person had difficulty sitting up in bed, he attached springs to a wooden dowel to help them up.
If you leave your window open at night for cool air, a dowel or other security lock items can be an added safety measure.
I decided to drill through the center of both the adjustment lever and the broken pivot dowel, then screw the two pieces together with a long wood screw.
Joint sealants are also used to reduce dowel bar corrosion in Concrete Pavement Restoration (CPR) techniques.
Similar to a dowel nail but with a head on the shank.
The chalk helps take the moisture out of gymnasts' hands to decrease friction and prevent rips (tears to the skin of the hands); dowel grips help gymnasts grip the bar.