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The correct spelling is bolts.
How to pronounce bolts
noun
IPA: /bəʊlts/
Say it like: Bol-ts
The correct spelling is bolts. 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 nu… For example: "The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue."
Usage Examples
“The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.”
“24 March 1774 - Newspaper: Stamford Mercury - "Mr. Cole, Basket-maker...has lost near 300 boults of rods" https//www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000254/17740324/001/0001”
“The horse made a bolt.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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 heavy machine screw.
- 2.A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- 3.A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- 4.A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- 5.A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
verb
- 1.To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- 2.To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- 3.To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
- 4.To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- 5.To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
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