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bout.

bolt (threaded metal cylinder)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɑu̯t/
  1. bolt (threaded metal cylinder)

    masculine
  2. haunch, leg of an animal as food

    masculine
  3. fart

    masculine · vulgar
  4. bolt (crossbow arrow)

    masculine
  5. thigh

    Suriname · masculine
  6. bar, rod

    masculine
  7. darling, sweetheart, dear

    archaic · masculine
  8. iron, clothes iron, heater (apparatus for ironing clothing)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch bout, from Old Dutch *bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz. Cognates Cognate with German Bolzen, West Frisian bout, English bolt, Danish bolt, Icelandic bolti.

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