Is “Bolts” a Scrabble word?
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Meaning of Bolts
/bəʊlts/
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.
1.To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
“Bolt the vice to the bench.”
2.To secure a door by locking or barring it.
“Bolt the door.”
3.To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
“Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.”
1.A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
1.To sift, especially through a cloth.
2.To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
“Graham flour is unbolted flour.”
3.To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.