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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 boltplay

  Familiarity information: NUT AND BOLT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NUT AND BOLT (noun)


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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