dowel
Example Sentences
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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
Most of them look more fabricky, or almost like a wood or metal dowel that has fabric on the end of it .
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2021
The dowel and tapered pins are the most straightforward, consisting of a single piece.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2021
With a sharp knife, she cut the roll into paper-thin strips, unwound the strips and hung them on a rack made of slender dowel sticks, which stood before the kitchen stove.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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