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boldface

noun

Etymology

From bold + face.

  1. derived from faciēs
  2. derived from facia
  3. derived from face
  4. inherited from face
  5. compounded as boldface — “bold + face”

Definitions

  1. A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with…

    A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.

  2. To print or write in a boldfaced font.

    • Boldface the due date so they are sure to see it.

  3. Synonym of boldfaced.

    • While the retailer talks about savings of 10 percent off on every item in stock in very boldface type, there is a fine line that indicates at the bottom of the ad, “with the exception of a few fair trade items.”
    • If you make a word boldface, it is boldface on the screen.
    • ([…]; although it was boldface, it did not stand out because all the type on the label was bold).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for boldface. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA