dowel pin

1. 1.

   a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together

   Synonymsdoweljoggle

   Broaderfastener

Questions about dowel pin

What does dowel pin mean?

dowel pin means "a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together".

What is another word for dowel pin?

Close synonyms include dowel, joggle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dowel pin a common word?

dowel pin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.