dowel rod

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• dowel-rod — dowˈel rod noun • • • Main Entry: ↑dowel …   Useful english dictionary

• Dowel — A dowel is a solid cylindrical rod, usually made of wood, plastic or metal. In its original manufactured form, dowel is called dowel rod. Dowel rod is employed in numerous, diverse applications. It is used to form axles in toys, as detents on… …   Wikipedia

• Rod — may mean: *Rod (geometry), a straight and slender stick; a wand; a cylinder; hence, any slender bar *Rod cell, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white) *Rod (length), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the… …   Wikipedia

• rod — [n] bar, pole baton, billet, birch, cane, cylinder, dowel, ingot, mace, pin, rodule, scepter, sceptre, shaft, slab, spike, staff, stave, stick, strip, switch, wand; concepts 436,470,479 …   New thesaurus

• dowel — /dow euhl/, n., v., doweled, doweling or (esp. Brit.) dowelled, dowelling. n. 1. Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them. 2. a piece of wood… …   Universalium

• dowel — 1. A cast gold or preformed metal pin placed into a root canal for the purpose of providing retention for a crown. 2. A preformed metal pin placed in a copper plated die to provide a die stem. 3. A pin or rod that aligns or joins two structures… …   Medical dictionary

• dowel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dowle; akin to Old High German tubili plug, Late Greek typhos wedge Date: 14th century 1. a pin fitting into a hole in an abutting piece to prevent motion or slipping; also a round rod or stick used especially… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rod — n 1. stick, staff, pike, baton, cane, alpenstock, crook, crutch; switch, rattan, crop, quirt; scepter, wand, crosier, standard, caduceus; dowel, shaft, pole, post, stake, picket, stanchion, Cricket. stump; bar, rack, bracket, crosspiece, tube. 2 …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• dowel — dow•el [[t]ˈdaʊ əl[/t]] n. v. eled, el•ing (esp. brit.) elled, el•ling. 1) bui Also called dow′el pin . a pin, usu. round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them 2) bui a round wooden rod of… …   From formal English to slang

• Christian puppetry — is a form of Christian ministry and entertainment through puppetry. The Muppets gave puppetry a whole new look and life in the mid twentieth century. Puppet fever engulfed Americans. With the new public interest in puppetry, both in America and… …   Wikipedia