Topic: HOUSEHOLD
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | 'short arrow' |
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bolt1
[countable]
[countable]1 a metal bar that you slide across a door or window to fasten it
lock
DH2 a screw with a flat head and no point, for fastening things together
screw
TD3 news that is sudden and unexpected : 
Was this money a bolt from the blue or did you know you were going to get it?
a bolt from (out of) the blue
Was this money a bolt from the blue or did you know you were going to get it?5 to suddenly try to escape from somewhere : They attacked the driver and he straightaway made a bolt for it.
make a bolt for it
British EnglishThey attacked the driver and he straightaway made a bolt for it.6 a short heavy arrow that is fired from a crossbow
weapon
PMW7 a large long roll of cloth
