bolt [countable]
1
lock
a metal bar that you slide across a door or window to fasten it
2
screw
a screw with a flat head and no point, for fastening things together
3
a
bolt from (out of) the blue
news that is sudden and unexpected:
Was this money a bolt from the blue or did
you know you were going to get it?
4
bolt
of lightning
lightning that appears as a white line in the sky:
There's not much left of his house after it
was struck by a bolt of lightning.
5
make
a bolt for it
British English to suddenly try to escape from somewhere:
They attacked the driver and he straightaway
made a bolt for it.
6
weapon
a short heavy arrow that is
fired from a crossbow
7
cloth
a large long roll of cloth
➔ have
shot your bolt
; ➔
the nuts and bolts of something
Definition from the Longman Dictionary
of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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