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What is the noun for dowel?

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dowel
  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.
  2. A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
  3. (construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may fastened to it.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Buy a flat sheet, cut a slit on each side of the top hem and slide a dowel rod through it.”
dowels
  1. plural of dowel
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Remove the rails and bring the stiles together and mark them both for the dowels.”
      “We see wood take forms that are completely foreign to it, like a chair that's made with spindles and dowels.”
      “The staves are heat-curved and the barrelheads are assembled with dowels and rings.”
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