A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body, partially or completely threaded, and a larger head; it is inserted into an unthreaded hole (unlike a screw) up to the head, and a nut is threaded on the other end
When you bolt a door or window, you slide the bolt across to fasten it. He reminded her that he would have to lock and bolt the kitchen door after her. the heavy bolted doors
a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key
To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room
To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party
If a person or animal bolts, they suddenly start to run very fast, often because something has frightened them. The pig rose squealing and bolted I made some excuse and bolted for the exit
To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain
A bolt of fabric is usually rolled around a flat piece of cardboard or other inner core It can also be flat folded which means it is actually reefed into a flat bundle A bolt is usually 50 to 60 yards of fabric
Fixed protection that has been hammered into a hole drilled in the rock or artificial climbing surface Not uncontroversial among some traditional climbers and environmentalists
The tendency of cool-season plants to grow rapidly and produce seeds when exposed to warm temperatures