Synonyms of the word

dowel

• n. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being…
• n. A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
• n. (construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so…
• v. (transitive) To fasten together with dowels.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with dowels.

fastener

• n. something or someone that fastens.
• n. mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers,…

fastening

• v. present participle of fasten.
• n. a hook or similar restraint used to fasten things together.

fixing

• n. The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
• n. (Britain, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs,…
• n. See fixings.
• v. present participle of fix.
• v. (Southern US, slang, with infinitive) Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.

holdfast

• n. Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
• n. (zoology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile…
• n. (archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis.

joggle

• v. (transitive) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle;…
• v. (intransitive) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
• v. To jog or run while juggling.
• v. (architecture, transitive) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely,…
• n. (engineering) A step formed in material by two adjacent reverse bends.
• n. (architecture) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping.