howel
howel noun: a plane-like tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering their work, especially the inside of casks.
Noun
howel (plural howels)
- A plane-like tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering their work, especially the inside of casks.
Verb
howel (third-person singular simple present howels, present participle (US) howeling or (UK) howelling, simple past and past participle (US) howeled or (UK) howelled)
Proper noun capitalized: Howel
Howel
- A male given name from Welsh.
- An unincorporated community in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.
howel meaning in Tamil and Bengali
howel in Tamil
- அகலவாய்ச்சி
howel in Bengali
- মসৃণ করা, রান্দা দিয়ে ছাঁটা
Forms of howel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | howels |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | howels |
| present participle US | howeling |
| present participle UK | howelling |
| past participle US | howeled |
| past US | howeled |
| past participle UK | howelled |
| past UK | howelled |
Origin of howel
From the same source as German Hobel. Related to Danish høvl and Swedish hyvel.
From Welsh Hywel.
Questions about howel
- What does howel mean?
- Howel means a plane-like tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering their work, especially the inside of casks.
- What is howel in Tamil?
- Howel in Tamil is அகலவாய்ச்சி. See Howel meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is howel?
- Howel can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of howel?
- The plural of howel is howels.
Words near howel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: howel (page history and authors); Howel (page history and authors); howel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); howel (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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