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boldface

[ bohld-feys ]

noun

  1. type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface


adjective

  1. typeset or printed in boldface.

verb (used with object)

, bold·faced, bold·fac·ing.
  1. to mark (copy) to be set in boldface.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of boldface1

First recorded in 1685–95; bold + face

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Example Sentences

Note: Unusual words that are playable in Scrabble appear in this article in boldface.

The boldface names at the event were all Democrats: Barack Obama and former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter spoke.

Let me put this in boldface: Heritage's cost estimates are driven not primarily by welfare, but by healthcare.

With each new boldface name she charmed, the plump girl from Iowa gleefully wrangled her way closer to the front of the line.

The boldface fashion houses have not had an easy time during Paris fashion  shows.

In the Lambeth MS, passages printed in clarendon are shown here in dark-red boldface.

The bottom of the panel gave the Road Commissioner's name in boldface with Houghton's name below in slightly smaller print.

Some in-line paragraph headings are in boldface and some are in italics; this emphasis has been retained.

Abbreviated titles of the most frequently cited works are given here in boldface.

Words shown in boldface were originally printed in blackletter (gothic) type.

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