Unbolted
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unbolted is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of unbolt.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of unbolt.
More Meanings
- Not fastened with a bolt.
- Not sifted.
- (figuratively, obsolete) Coarse, uncultured, vulgar.
Example Sentences
unbolted flour
My lord, if you’ll give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him.
[…] it seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may afterwards be censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief.
[The slave] toils that another may reap the fruit; he is industrious that another may live in idleness; he eats unbolted meal that another may eat the bread of fine flour; he labors in chains at home, under a burning sun and biting lash, that another may ride in ease and splendor abroad […]
Synonyms for unbolted
Depending on context, synonyms include unlocked, unbarred, unsecured, unlatched.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unbarred, unlocked, unsecured, unlatched, unriveted, unnailed.
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