Bolt-on

Quick meaning: Bolt-on is a noun meaning (also figuratively) An accessory that can be bolted on or otherwise attached.

Meaning

(also figuratively) An accessory that can be bolted on or otherwise attached.

More Meanings

1. Of an accessory: capable of being bolted on or otherwise attached.
2. (figuratively, computing) Used to extend an existing system, operating as an add-on or plug-in.
3. (figuratively) A functionality or service that can be added to an existing arrangement or plan (for example, a mobile telephone subscription).
4. (slang, mostly plural) A breast implant.

Example Sentences

PureGym (puregym.com), which has more than 200 gyms across Britain, charges from £8.99 to £17.99 a month, with "bolt ons" available.

Marketing is not an option, a bolt-on activity, or for moments when 'time allows'; it must be present all the time as the company goes about its business.

Should not a curriculum for the twenty-first century be organised more effectively around the new technology? At present, it remains an addition to most subjects – a bolt-on.

[T]he first model of this now most famous line of related types, the [Gibson] Les Paul also appeared in 1952, […] The trapeze style tailpiece and combined bar bridge was also fitted, although this gave way to a bolt-on bar bridge by 1953.

Word Forms

• bolt-ons

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clip-on, setbolt, appendance, buckle, fastening, lockbolt.

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