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bolt

 
 
/bəʊlt/ noun [C]

Translation

FOR LOCKING a metal bar that you push across a door or window to lock it
kapı/pencere sürgüsü
1652
FOR FASTENING a small piece of metal that is used with a nut (= metal piece with a hole in the middle) to fasten pieces of wood or metal together
civata
→ See also the nuts and bolts418
(Definition of bolt noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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