boldface
type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc.
typeset or printed in boldface.
to mark (copy) to be set in boldface.
Origin of boldface
1- Compare lightface.
Words that may be confused with boldface
- barefaced, boldface , bold-faced
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How to use boldface in a sentence
How dare you stand there with a bold face and acknowledge such a thing to me, you unmaidenly girl?
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry WoodA few presents are arriving, for I put a bold face on to my friends and say we are engaged and you are coming soon.
Polly the Pagan | Isabel AndersonHe tried to put a bold face upon the matter and asked insolently by what right they came to disturb his rest.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de KockOur safest plan was to put a bold face on the matter, and show that we were prepared for fighting.
James Braithwaite, the Supercargo | W.H.G. KingstonKim felt sure that the boy had been posted to guide him from the first, but putting a bold face on it, parted the curtain.
Kim | Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for bold face
printing a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary: Compare light face
(of type) having this weight
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