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Definition of bold noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bold

noun
 
/bəʊld/
 
/bəʊld/
(also boldface
 
/ˈbəʊldfeɪs/
 
/ˈbəʊldfeɪs/
)
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. 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’.
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