Meanings
nounroofbolt (plural roofbolts)
plural roofbolts
- businessA safety bolt installed in the roof of an underground mine.
verbroofbolt (third-person singular simple present roofbolts, present participle roofbolting, simple past and past participle roofbolted)
present singular third person roofbolts · participle present roofbolting · participle past roofbolted · past roofbolted
- businessTo install safety bolts in the roof of an underground mine.
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APA
roofbolt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roofbolt
MLA
“roofbolt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roofbolt. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roofbolt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roofbolt.
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