boltnoun [ C ]
uk/bəʊlt/us/boʊlt/bolt noun [ C ] (LOCK)
a metal bar on a door or window that slides across to lock it closed:
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Building: locks & locksmithing
- catch
- combination
- deadbolt
- deadlock
- fastener
- fastening
- hasp
- key
- key ring
- keycard
- keyhole
- latch
- lock
- locksmith
- master key
- mortise lock
- padlock
- pass key
- skeleton key
- Yale lock
bolt noun [ C ] (SCREW)
a screw-like metal object without a point, used with a nut to fasten things together
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Nuts, bolts & screws
- nail
- nut
- rivet
- screw
- thread
- wing nut
bolt noun [ C ] (LIGHTNING)
a flash of lightning that looks like a white line against the sky:
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Precipitation: stormy weather
- blow
- blow up
- cyclone
- funnel cloud
- gale-force
- hailstorm
- hurricane
- ice storm
- lightning
- rainstorm
- sheet lightning
- snowstorm
- squall
- stormy
- tempest
- thunder
- thunderbolt
- thundery
- tornado
- typhoon
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bolt noun [ C ] (ROLL)
a length or roll of cloth or wallpaper
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Textiles: general words
- baize
- bias
- brocade
- cloth
- cutpiece
- denier 1
- drapery
- filament
- gauze
- nap
- padding
- pile
- pill
- strand
- swatch
- textile
- the weft
- upholstery
- wadding
- yarn
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bolt noun [ C ] (WEAPON)
a type of short arrow shot from a crossbow (= a type of weapon)
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Target sports
- aim
- archer
- archery
- arrow
- bow 1
- bullseye
- clay pigeon
- dart
- dartboard
- marksman
- marksmanship
- markswoman
- quiver
- sharpshooter
- shooter
- shooting
- shooting gallery
- target
- target practice
- trapshooting
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bolt noun [ C ] (QUICK MOVEMENT)
to try to escape by running towards something:
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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Idiom(s)
boltverb
uk/bəʊlt/us/boʊlt/bolt verb (MOVE QUICKLY)
[ I ] to move very fast, especially as a result of being frightened:
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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bolt verb (EAT)
[ T ] also bolt down to eat food very quickly:
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Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- gorge
- pig out
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- stoke
- trough
- tuck
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bolt verb (LOCK)
[ I or T ] to lock a door or window by sliding a bolt across:
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Locking and bolting
- bar
- batten
- handcuff
- latch
- lock
- lock (sth) up
- lock sb in
- lock sb out
- lock sth away
- lockable
- love lock
- manacle
- padlock
- shut
- shut sth away
- under lock and key idiom
bolt verb (SCREW)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] to fasten something in position with a bolt:
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Fastening and tying
- anchor
- attach
- be locked together idiom
- board sth up
- bound
- bow 1
- buckle
- buckle up
- hobble
- ligature
- mount
- nail
- put sth up
- reef knot
- rivet
- rope
- tie
- twist tie
- tying
- yoke
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