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bult

bult noun: a ridge or small hill.

Noun

bult (plural bults)

  1. (South Africa) A ridge or small hill.

Proper noun capitalized: Bult

Bult (plural Bults)

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Forms of bult

Noun
pluralbults
Proper noun
pluralBults

Origin of bult

From Afrikaans bult, that from Dutch bult.

* As a Dutch surname, from several placenames derived from bult (“bump, hump”). * As an English and Dutch surname, variant of Bolt.

Questions about bult

What does bult mean?
Bult means a ridge or small hill.
What part of speech is bult?
Bult can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bult?
The plural of bult is bults.

Words near bult in the dictionary

  1. bulses
  2. Bulson
  3. Bulsons
  4. Bulstrode
  5. Bulstrodes
  6. bult
  7. Bultema
  8. Bultemas
  9. bultfonteinite
  10. Bulthuis
  11. Bulthuises

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