boldface

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noun
  1. type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc.

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.

Origin of boldface

1
First recorded in 1685–95; bold + face

Words that may be confused with boldface

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How to use boldface in a sentence

  • How dare you stand there with a bold face and acknowledge such a thing to me, you unmaidenly girl?

  • A few presents are arriving, for I put a bold face on to my friends and say we are engaged and you are coming soon.

    Polly the Pagan | Isabel Anderson
  • He tried to put a bold face upon the matter and asked insolently by what right they came to disturb his rest.

  • Our safest plan was to put a bold face on the matter, and show that we were prepared for fighting.

  • Kim felt sure that the boy had been posted to guide him from the first, but putting a bold face on it, parted the curtain.

    Kim | Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for bold face

bold face

noun
  1. printing a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary: Compare light face

adjectiveboldface
  1. (of type) having this weight

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