unbolt

[ uhn-bohlt ]
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verb (used with object)
  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.

verb (used without object)
  1. to become unbolted or unfastened.

Origin of unbolt

1
1425–75; late Middle English; see un-2 + bolt1

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How to use unbolt in a sentence

  • She had neither to unlock nor unbolt the door to leave the house, for it was never made fast.

    Salted With Fire | George MacDonald
  • In the stillness she could hear him open the drawing-room door, then cross the hall and finally unbolt the heavy outer door.

  • She started as the sound of the bell reached her, and hurried out to unbolt the door.

    Averil | Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • One of the shutters was ajar, admitting a few gleams of light, by which she could see to unbolt the door.

    A Noble Woman | Ann S. Stephens
  • He suggested that the easiest way was to unbolt the entrance, thereby saving the necessity of breaking it down.

    Uncle Sam Detective | William Atherton Du Puy

British Dictionary definitions for unbolt

unbolt

/ (ʌnˈbəʊlt) /


verb(tr)
  1. to unfasten a bolt of (a door)

  2. to undo (the nut) on a bolt

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