Hyphenation of dowel

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word dowel? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

dow-el

Definitions of dowel:

1.	A fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together

Synonyms of dowel:

noun	dowel pin, joggle, fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing

Last hyphenations of this language

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