Dowel

//ˈdaʊəl//

Synonyms for "dowel" (63 found)

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More general

4 entries

coordinate

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similar

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Translations

67 translations across 23 languages.

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Armenian

2 entries
  • դյուբել noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • խցաբութակ noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • дюбел noun (something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it)
  • клин noun (piece of wood fitted into a surface)
  • шпилка noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • щифт noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Catalan

1 entries
  • clavilla noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 木钉 noun (piece of wood fitted into a surface)
  • 膠塞 /胶塞 noun (something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it)
  • 膨脹螺絲 /膨胀螺丝 noun (something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it)
  • 銷釘 /销钉 noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Dutch

2 entries
  • deuvel noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • plug noun (piece of wood fitted into a surface)

Estonian

2 entries
  • punn noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • tüübel noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Finnish

3 entries
  • seinätulppa noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • tappi noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • tulppa noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

French

3 entries
  • cheville noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • cheville noun (piece of wood fitted into a surface)
  • goujon noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

German

4 entries
  • Dübel noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • Dübel noun (piece of wood fitted into a surface)
  • Dübel noun (something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it)
  • Feder noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • pecek noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • naakeli noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Italian

2 entries
  • piolo noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • tassello noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ダボ noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • dimling noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • dimling noun (piece of wood fitted into a surface)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • bucha noun (something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it)
  • cavilha noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Russian

4 entries
  • дю́бель noun (something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it)
  • на́гель noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • шпо́нка noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • штифт noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tìpl noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • tìpla noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Spanish

4 entries
  • almilla noun (piece of wood fitted into a surface)
  • bitoque noun (piece of wood fitted into a surface)
  • clavija noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • clavija lignaria noun (piece of wood fitted into a surface)

Swedish

1 entries
  • dymling noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • klabiha noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Turkish

2 entries
  • dübel noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • pim noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tắc-kê noun (something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it)

Welsh

2 entries
  • hoelbren noun (a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position)
  • hoelbren noun (piece of wood fitted into a surface)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This tooth has a dowel crown.

Source: tatoeba (10208624)

This twenty-four-piece starter set uses twelve thirty-six-inch-long dowels (or nine forty-eight-inch dowels) cut to these rod lengths. Lay out the cuts so you use the entire length of each dowel without any leftover scraps.

Source: wiktionary

The wheels were solid, two half discs dowelled against the hub, and the chariots were pulled along by oxen or asses.

Source: wiktionary

A cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.

Source: wiktionary

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.