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roofbolt

roofbolt noun: a safety bolt installed in the roof of an underground mine.

Noun

roofbolt (plural roofbolts)

  1. A safety bolt installed in the roof of an underground mine.

Verb

roofbolt (third-person singular simple present roofbolts, present participle roofbolting, simple past and past participle roofbolted)

  1. To install safety bolts in the roof of an underground mine.

Forms of roofbolt

Noun
pluralroofbolts
Verb
third-person singular presentroofbolts
present participleroofbolting
past participleroofbolted
pastroofbolted

Origin of roofbolt

From roof + bolt.

Questions about roofbolt

What does roofbolt mean?
Roofbolt means a safety bolt installed in the roof of an underground mine.
What part of speech is roofbolt?
Roofbolt can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of roofbolt?
The plural of roofbolt is roofbolts.

Words near roofbolt in the dictionary

  1. roofage
  2. roofages
  3. roofball
  4. roofbeam
  5. roofbeams
  6. roofbolt
  7. roofbolted
  8. roofbolter
  9. roofbolters
  10. roofbolting
  11. roofbolts

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