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BOLT-HOLE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does bolt-hole mean?

• BOLT-HOLE (noun)
The noun BOLT-HOLE has 1 sense:

1. a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den

Familiarity information: BOLT-HOLE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BOLT-HOLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("bolt-hole" is a kind of...):

hole (an opening into or through something)

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