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- Dictionaryunbolt/ʌnˈbəʊlt/
verb
- 1. open (a door or window) by drawing back a bolt: "he ran down the stairs and unbolted the heavy wooden door"
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: to open or unfasten by withdrawing a bolt. Examples of unbolt in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Cooper reviewed security camera video from outside and inside his building and found that the deputies had made entry through the mail slot, reaching up to unbolt two locks to open the door.
1. to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten. 2. to release, as by the removal of threaded bolts. He unscrewed the nuts and unbolted the inspection cover. intransitive verb. 3. to become unbolted or unfastened. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
When you unbolt something, you unfasten its lock. Unbolt the gate so I can put my bike away! When you open the particular type of lock called a bolt, you unbolt it. Turn a key or latch in your front door to slide the bolt closed, and you bolt the door. Slide it open, and you unbolt it.
Unbolt definition: to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.. See examples of UNBOLT used in a sentence.
Define unbolt. unbolt synonyms, unbolt pronunciation, unbolt translation, English dictionary definition of unbolt. tr.v. un·bolt·ed , un·bolt·ing , un·bolts To release the bolts of ; unlock. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
A complete guide to the word "UNBOLT": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
1. to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten. 2. to release, as by the removal of threaded bolts. He unscrewed the nuts and unbolted the inspection cover. intransitive verb. 3. to become unbolted or unfastened. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
