roof bolt
noun Mining
A tensioned rod anchoring the roof of a working to the strata above.The protracted closure of the main pool for three months after the failure of a couple of roof bolts, and the lack of publicity for the training pool's availability, meant many customers simply ‘lost the habit’ of visiting their local pool....
- She stated in her letter that the pool was closed for repair work for three months due to a couple of roof bolts.
Derivatives
roof-bolting
- biostratigraphically
- biostratigraphy
- biostromal
- biostrome
- biosurgery
- biosynthesis
- biosynthesised
- biosynthesize
- biosynthesized
- biosynthetic
- biosynthetically
- biosystem
- biosystematic
- biosystematics
- biosystematist
- biosystematy
- Biot
- biota
- biotech
- biotechnic
- biotechnical
- biotechnician
- biotechnics
- biotechnological
- biotechnologist