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boltlike

boltlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a bolt (mechanical fastener).

Adjective

boltlike (comparative more boltlike, superlative most boltlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a bolt (mechanical fastener).
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a bolt, as of lightning.

Forms of boltlike

comparativemore boltlike
superlativemost boltlike

Origin of boltlike

From bolt + -like.

Questions about boltlike

What does boltlike mean?
Boltlike means resembling or characteristic of a bolt (mechanical fastener).
What part of speech is boltlike?
Boltlike is an adjective.

Words near boltlike in the dictionary

  1. bolting to the bran
  2. boltings
  3. Boltinhouse
  4. boltis
  5. boltless
  6. boltlike
  7. boltmaker
  8. boltmakers
  9. boltmaking
  10. Bolton
  11. Bolton Abbey

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