Unbolt

Quick meaning: Unbolt is a verb meaning (transitive) To unlock by undoing the bolts of.

Meaning

(transitive) To unlock by undoing the bolts of.

Example Sentences

Then, sweet my lord, I’ll call mine uncle down; He shall unbolt the gates.

Then I hid the knife I kept under my pillow, cleaned the dust from my shoes, and carefully unbolted the door.

A young orangutan in the San Diego Zoo became famous for unbolting the screening of his crib, removing the wires, and moving through the zoo nursery, unscrewing lightbulbs.

Diesel engines roar, trailer trucks rumble over the streets and an air wrench screams as a worker at the tire repair shop on the corner unbolts a wheel from a sanitation truck.

Word Forms

• unbolts
• unbolting
• unbolted

Antonyms for unbolt

Common opposites include bolt.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unbarred, unlocked, unsecured, unlatched, remove, disassemble.

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