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   bolt

   /bəʊlt/

   noun

   • 1. a bar that slides into a socket to fasten a door or window. Similar barlockcatchlatchfastenerhasppin
   • ▪ a long pin with a head that screws into a nut, used to fasten things together. Similar rivetpinpegscrew
   • ▪ the sliding piece of the breech mechanism of a rifle.
   • ▪ a long pin that is driven into a rock face so that a rope can be attached to it.
   • 2. a short, heavy arrow shot from a crossbow. Similar arrowquarreldartshaftmissileprojectileliterary:reed
   • 3. a jagged white flash of lightning. Similar flashshaftstreakburstdischargeflarefulminationarchaic:levin

   verb

   • 1. fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket: "all the doors were locked and bolted" Similar lockbarfastenlatchsecuresealOpposite unboltopen
   • ▪ fasten (something) to something else with a long pin that screws into a nut: "the lid was bolted down" Similar rivetpinclamppegscrewbattenpinionfastenfixsecure

   Word Origin Old English, ‘arrow’, of unknown origin; related to Dutch bout and German Bolzen ‘arrow, bolt for a door’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   What is a bolt noun?

   • Definition of bolt noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a long, narrow piece of metal that you slide across the inside of a door or window in order to lock it He slid back the bolt on the door. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

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   What is a bolt of cloth?

   • A bolt of cloth is a long wide piece of it that is wound into a roll round a piece of cardboard . ...bolts of black silk. When vegetables such as lettuces or onions bolt, they grow too quickly and produce flowers and seeds, and therefore become less good to eat. If the soil dries out the plants may bolt.

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   What is a bolt on a door?

   • BOLT definition: 1. a metal bar on a door or window that slides across to lock it closed: 2. a screw-like metal…. Learn more.

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   What is a bolt used for?

   • A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together. When you bolt one thing to another, you fasten them firmly together, using a bolt. The safety belt is easy to fit as there's no need to bolt it to seat belt anchorage points. [VERB noun + to] Bolt the components together. [V n with together/on]

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   • English (US)

     BOLT meaning: 1. a metal bar on a door or window that slides...

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     BOLTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of...

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     BOLTHOLE definition: 1. a place that you can go to when you...

   • Indonesian Translation

     bolt translate: gerendel, baut, kilat, gulungan,...

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     THUNDERBOLT definition: 1. a flash of lightning and the...

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     BOLT translate: then cửa, bu lông, chớp, súc vải, cài then,...

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   noun. a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder. synonyms: bolt of lightning, thunderbolt. see more. verb. move or jump suddenly. “She bolted from her seat” see more. verb. leave suddenly and as if in a hurry. “The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas” synonyms: beetle off, bolt out, run off, run out.

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