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NUT AND BOLT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nut and bolt mean?
• NUT AND BOLT (noun)
The noun NUT AND BOLT has 1 sense:
1. a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt
Familiarity information: NUT AND BOLT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("nut and bolt" is a kind of...):
fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)
Meronyms (parts of "nut and bolt"):
bolt (a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener)
nut (a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt)
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