bold
noun/bəʊld/
/bəʊld/
(also boldface
[uncountable] (specialist)/ˈbəʊldfeɪs/
/ˈbəʊldfeɪs/
)- thick, dark type used for printing words or letters
- in bold Headwords are printed in bold.
Word OriginOld English bald, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boud and to German bald ‘soon’.Definitions on the go
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