dowel

dowel is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it.
3. transitive verb. To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
4. noun. a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together

   Synonyms: joggle

Synonyms

joggle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dowel:

lowed

Common word forms

dowels, doweled, doweling, dowelled, dowelling

Words from these letters

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