machine bolt
a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 millimeters) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- Compare cap screw, machine screw, stove bolt.
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How to use machine bolt in a sentence
There are many forms of bolts in the market, but the ordinary "machine bolt," 5⁄16 in.
How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus | Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. JohnMake a simple coil by winding about 50 turns of wire around a machine bolt core.
Electricity for the 4-H Scientist | Eric B. WilsonA nut (I) is screwed down on the threaded end of a machine bolt until about an inch of the bolt projects beyond the nut.
Common Science | Carleton W. WashburneThis screw eye must have an opening large enough to permit an iron machine bolt (G) to pass through it easily.
Common Science | Carleton W. Washburne
British Dictionary definitions for machine bolt
a fastening bolt with a machine-cut thread
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