BOLD FACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bold face mean? 

• BOLD FACE (noun)
  The noun BOLD FACE has 1 sense:

1. a typeface with thick heavy lines

  Familiarity information: BOLD FACE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOLD FACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A typeface with thick heavy lines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bold; bold face; boldface

Hypernyms ("bold face" is a kind of...):

case; face; font; fount; typeface (a specific size and style of type within a type family)

 Context examples 

“We must keep a bold face and brazen it out until the last moment.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You have done nobly,” cried the old free companion, gazing with a soldier's admiration at the huge frame and bold face of the archer.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I kept a bold face before Lestrade, but, upon my soul, I believe that for once the fellow is on the right track and we are on the wrong.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I shall put a bold face on, and if I do feel weepy, he shall never see it.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)