The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BOLT which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2010.
Cloth unit crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BOLT | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cloth unit
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bolt
- nail
- nailing
- nails
- hank
- bale
- band
- banded
- base
- buffer
- butt
- butted
Crossword Answer definitions
BOLT noun- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
- To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- To escape.
- Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
- To swallow food without chewing it.
- To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
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