bolt
41bolt — 1. noun /bɒlt,bəʊlt,boʊlt/ a) A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a… …
42bolt — bolt1 noun 1》 a long pin with a head that screws into a nut, used to fasten things together. ↘a bar that slides into a socket to fasten a door or window. ↘the sliding piece of the breech mechanism of a rifle. 2》 a short, heavy arrow shot… …
43bolt — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 for fastening things together VERB + BOLT ▪ tighten, tighten up ▪ loosen ▪ remove, undo, unscrew PHRASES …
44bolt — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Irish confetti, Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, abscond, absence without leave, absquatulate, absquatulation, apostacize, apostasy, apostatize, arrow, arrowhead, articulate, assort, attach, backsliding, bale …
45Bolt — A short heavy arrow fired from a *crossbow, from which we have the phrases he has shot his bolt and a bolt from the blue . The bolt was also known as a * quarrel . Cf. Bolted arrow …
46bolt — Used for listed equity securities. block trading ( block trade) version of COLT. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * bolt bolt [bəʊlt ǁ boʊlt] noun [countable] MANUFACTURING a large roll containing many metres of cloth * * * bolt UK US /bəʊlt/… …
47bolt — A high tensile steel bolt used as an anchor; either a conical bolt screwed into a metal holder in a hole drilled in rock, causing expansion for grip, or a bolt with partially filed thread hammered into a slightly smaller hole [25] …
48bolt — [OE] In Old English, a bolt was an arrow, particularly of the short stout variety used in crossbows (hence the phrase shoot one’s bolt). The more familiar modern sense ‘fastening pin’ developed in the 13th century. The verbal sense ‘make a quick… …
49bolt-on — /ˈboʊlt ɒn/ (say bohlt on) adjective 1. attachable by means of a bolt. 2. able to be added to a system, organisation, etc., without affective the existing structure: bolt on software; bolt on acquisition. –noun 3. such an addition …
50bolt — a commercial unit of length or area used to measure finished cloth. Generally speaking, one bolt represents a strip of cloth 100 yards (91.44 meters) long, but the width varies according to the fabric. Cotton bolts are traditionally 42 inches… …
