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Nuts And Bolts

Definition: Nuts And Bolts

Nuts And Bolts

Noun

1. Detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Nuts And Bolts

Specialty definitions using "nuts and bolts": ANTENNA INSTALLER, SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, assembler, caterpillar spider, assembly hand, assembly-machine tool setterBENCH WORKER, BOAT-CANVAS MAKER-INSTALLER, bridge repairer, BUCKSHOT-SWAGE OPERATOR, BUFFING-MACHINE OPERATOR, SILVERWAREcar repairer, CARPENTER, BRIDGEELECTRIC-MOTOR ASSEMBLER, ELECTRIC-MOTOR FITTERFASTENER TECHNOLOGIST, FURNACE CLEANER, furnace repairer helper, FURNACE-INSTALLER-AND-REPAIRER HELPER, HOT AIRheavy-machinery assembler, HYDRAULIC-JACK ADJUSTERLABORER, PRESTRESSED CONCRETE, LOADING-MACHINE TOOL-SETTERMACHINERY ERECTOR, METER INSPECTOR, MONITOR-AND-STORAGE-BIN TENDER, motor assembler, motor overhauler, MOTORCYCLE TESTERNUT-AND-BOLT ASSEMBLER, nutter-uppower-nut-runner operator, POWER-SCREWDRIVER OPERATOR, PRODUCTION-MACHINE TENDERrevolving field assembler, RICE CLEANING MACHINE TENDER, rip plates, rotating field assemblerSPIDER ASSEMBLER, storage-bin adjuster, STRAIGHT-LINE-PRESS SETTER, SUPERVISOR, FILM PROCESSING, SWIMMING POOL INSTALLER-AND-SERVICERtracer-bullet assembly-machine tool setterWHEEL ASSEMBLER. (references)

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Modern Usage: Nuts And Bolts

DomainUsage

Screenplays

They say dreams are the windows of the soul--take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts. (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Nuts And Bolts

DomainTitle

Books

  • Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers (reference)

  • The Payroll Toolkit Nuts and Bolts Techniques to Help You Better Understand and Manage Your Payroll (Revised Second Edition) (reference)

  • Cash or Credit: A Nuts and Bolts Guide to Effective Credit Management (Dental Economics) (reference)

  • Nuts and Bolts Series 1: How to Build a Work Breakdown Structure (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Nuts And Bolts

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Photo Album: Nuts And Bolts

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Nuts and bolts, junkyard, near Abbeville, Louisiana.Credit: Library of Congress.

Day laborer looking through box of nuts and bolts, farm near Ralls, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Subchasers. Galvanizing nuts and bolts for use on subchasers under construction in a Southern shipyard. This man used to run a printing shop and tourist camp. Now, as a galvanizer and also a welder, he has helped the shipyard earn the coveted.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Nuts And Bolts

Expression using "nuts and bolts": nuts and bolts of smth.. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Nuts And Bolts

Language Translations for "nuts and bolts"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

základní principy èeho (nuts and bolts of smth.). (various references)

   

Danish

  

rund valsetraad til koldformgivning af skruer (round steel wire rod for cold-stamped nuts and bolts). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

rond walsdraad voor koudgevormde stalenbouten en schroeven (round steel wire rod for cold-stamped nuts and bolts). (various references)

   

French

  

fil-machine rond en acier pour articles de boulonnerie formés froid (round steel wire rod for cold-stamped nuts and bolts). (various references)

   

German

  

Walzdraht mit Rundquerschnitt aus Stahl zum Kaltformen von Schrauben (round steel wire rod for cold-stamped nuts and bolts), Rundwalzdraht aus Stahl fuer Schrauben Muttern und Niete (round steel wire rod for cold-stamped nuts and bolts). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χαλύβδινο σύρμα κυκλικής διατομής για εν ψυχρώ παραγωγή κοχλιών και περικοχλιών (round steel wire rod for cold-stamped nuts and bolts). (various references)

   

Italian

  

vergella tonda di acciaio per bulloneria stampata a freddo (round steel wire rod for cold-stamped nuts and bolts). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

utsnay anday oltsbay

   

Portuguese

  

fio máquina redondo em aço para porcas e parafusos enformados a frio (round steel wire rod for cold-stamped nuts and bolts). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

1) основные элементы (чего-л.); главные компоненты . (various references)

   

Spanish

  

alambron redondo de acero para tornilleria estampada en frio (round steel wire rod for cold-stamped nuts and bolts). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

valstråd med cirkulärt tvärsnitt för kallformade skruvar och muttrar (round steel wire rod for cold-stamped nuts and bolts). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Nuts And Bolts

Misspellings

"Nuts And Bolts" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nuts and botls, nuts and boults. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Nuts And Bolts

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-l-n-n-o-s-s-t-t-u"

-3 letters: nonadults, outstands, standouts, subtotals.

-4 letters: astounds, busloads, butanols, nonadult, outlands, outlasts, outstand, sandlots, standout, stannous, subnodal, subtotal, sunlands.

-5 letters: abounds, adnouns, astound, bausond, busload, butanol, buttals, buttons, daltons, oblasts, obtunds, outland, outlast, sandlot, santols, solands, soldans, sonants, soudans, stounds, sublots, suldans, sultans, sunland, suntans, unbolts, unloads.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Nuts And Bolts


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 75 74 73      41 6E 64      42 6F 6C 74 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01110101 01110100 01110011 00100000 01000001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01000010 01101111 01101100 01110100 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#117 &#116 &#115 &#32 &#65 &#110 &#100 &#32 &#66 &#111 &#108 &#116 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0075 0074 0073      0041 006E 0064      0042 006F 006C 0074 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

48878685235807023681788685

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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