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dowel

[dou-uhl] / ˈdaʊ əl /
NOUN
fastener
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By the time she folds it shut with a long wooden dowel, the flatbread is already bubbly and browned.

From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2023

After you treat a hole, wait 24 hours, then plug the hole with a short length of wooden dowel coated with wood glue or with steel wool covered with caulk.

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022

No, a guy walks into a gallery, carrying a bar — a wooden dowel painted in bright stripes of color.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2022

The oft-recommended dowel and tapered pins from J.K.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2021

It’s funny, how you can go years seeing only what you choose to see, and picking your outrage like you pick out a slip, leaving all the others hanging on their slim mesarthium dowel.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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