slide bolt
- noun
- /slaɪd boʊlt/
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cerrojo deslizante
- He locked the gate with a sturdy slide bolt to keep the animals inside.
Examples
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To secure the shed, I installed a slide bolt on the door.
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And I rigged that up to just a regular old slide bolt for like your door.
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A simple twist of the slide bolt ensured the door was securely locked.
Synonyms
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1.0
A device that holds doors or containers closed with a key
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4.4
A metal bar that slides into a door or window to lock it
A metal bar you slide to lock and unlock a door or gate
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Morphology
The compound denotes a bolt that slides — combining 'slide' (to glide/move) with 'bolt' (locking bar) yields the exact physical action and referent. This is a straightforward noun-noun compositional pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Slide bolt The compound noun slide bolt comes from the simple image of a metal bolt that slides across a door or gate to hold it shut. Because you push the bar by hand to 'lock' the door, the name simply describes what it does.