"tap bolt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tap bolts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tap bolt (plural tap bolts)
  1. A bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of passing through the part and receiving a nut.
    Sense id: en-tap_bolt-en-noun-en:bolt_whose_threads_engage_the_substrate_instead_of_a_nut Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40
  2. (informal) A self-tapping bolt. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-tap_bolt-en-noun-en:self_tapping_bolt

Inflected forms

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