different between anchors vs dowel
anchors
English
Noun
anchors
- plural of anchor
Verb
anchors
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anchor
Anagrams
- Charons, archons, ranchos
Asturian
Noun
anchors
- plural of anchor
anchors From the web:
- what anchors the spindle
- what anchors the spindle fibers
- what anchors the spinal cord to the coccyx
- what anchors the kidney to the abdominal wall
- what anchors the plant
- what anchors the spindle in mitosis
- what anchors the epidermis to the dermis
- what anchors the skin to underlying organs
dowel
English
Alternative forms
- doul (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English dule, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French doelle (“the hollow part of a tool where the handle is”), from Frankish *dulja (“hollow tube, pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *dulj? (“pipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?el- (“curvature, hollow”). Cognate with French douelle, douille. Alternatively from Middle Low German dövel (“peg, plug”), from Proto-Germanic *dubilaz. Cognate with Dutch deuvel (“wooden peg”), German Dübel (“dowel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?da??l/
- Rhymes: -a??l
Noun
dowel (plural dowels)
- 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.
- A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
- (construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.
Derived terms
- dowel joint
- dowel pin
Coordinate terms
- (pin or block of wood or metal): spline, biscuit, tenon
- (construction): anchor, screw anchor (US); wall plug (UK).
Translations
Verb
dowel (third-person singular simple present dowels, present participle dowelling or doweling, simple past and past participle dowelled or doweled)
- (transitive) To fasten together with dowels.
- (transitive) To furnish with dowels.
- A cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
Anagrams
- dowle, lowed, owled, wolde
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