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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
dead bolt
 
PRONUNCIATION:ddblt
VARIANT FORMS: also dead·bolt
NOUN: A bolt on a lock that is moved by turning the key or knob without activation of a spring.
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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