bolt
/bəʊlt/ noun [C]Definition
› PRODUCTION a long roll of cloth produced in a factory: The stall sold bolts of cloth and cheap clothes.
› a small metal object without a point that is used with a nut (= round metal part) to fasten things together: The furniture fits together with nuts and bolts.
(Definition of bolt noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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