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dowel

[dou-uhl] / ˈdaʊ əl /
NOUN
fastener
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By the time she folds it shut with a long wooden dowel, the flatbread is already bubbly and browned.

From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2023

No, a guy walks into a gallery, carrying a bar — a wooden dowel painted in bright stripes of color.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2022

The oft-recommended dowel and tapered pins from J.K.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2021

Matthews carved up a dowel to manufacture the red and blue markers that represent a superpower’s influence in any given country.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2018

They were heavy constructions of plywood, a sanded dowel for backstroke starts, puke-green carpet torn from somebody's basement stapled into the sloping tops for traction, and lane numbers spray-painted in orange on the backs.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth