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   Bolt

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   noun

   • 1. a bar that slides into a socket to fasten a door or window. Similar barlockcatchlatchfastenerhasppin
   • ▪ a threaded pin that screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together. Similar rivetpinpegscrew
   • ▪ the sliding piece of the breech mechanism of a rifle.
   • ▪ (in rock climbing) 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 (an object) to something else with a bolt: "the lid was put into position and bolted down" Similar rivetpinclamppegscrewbattenpinionfastenfixsecure

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

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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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   What is 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. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.

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   What is a bolt in a gun?

   • A bolt is also a part of a gun that pushes the cartridge (= container filled with explosive powder) into position to be fired. Did a bolt of lightning set fire to the barn? [ I ] At the first whiff of smoke, the horse bolted from the barn. [ M ] He bolted down some breakfast. Be sure to bolt the door when you go to bed!

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   What does it mean to bolt a horse?

   • To bolt is to run as quickly as you can. Racehorses are often described as bolting out of the gate. Other uses of bolt include the lock in your door, the act of locking that lock, and what a dog does when it gulps down his food. “Don't bolt your food!”

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   Bolt definition: a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.. See examples of BOLT used in a sentence.

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   Define bolt. bolt synonyms, bolt pronunciation, bolt translation, English dictionary definition of bolt. n. 1. A bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates. 2. A metal bar or rod in the mechanism of a lock that is...

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   Definitions of bolt. noun. a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener. see more. noun. the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key. synonyms: deadbolt. see more. noun. a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech. see more. verb. secure or lock with a bolt.

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