unbolted

No longer secured

Unbolted means not secured with a bolt.

An unbolted door or gate can be opened freely: She found the back door unbolted.

In a different sense, unbolted flour has not been sifted through a bolting cloth, leaving it coarse and containing bran: unbolted cornmeal.

unfastened

unlocked

Not fastened shut

unbarred · unlatch · unhinged · disengaged · unscrewed · unpinned · unclasped · unstrapped · untied · loosened

loose

wobbly

Tending to teeter

rattling · unfixed · unsteady · slack · jiggly · detached · disconnected · untightened · loosened · wiggling

flour

unrefined

Not processed or polished

stone-ground · whole-grain · millstone · grist · bran · wheat · rustic · artisan

open

door

Hinged room barrier

access · entry · passage · latch · lock · barrier · portal · gateway · threshold · hatchway

escape

flee

Depart swiftly from threat

liberation · exodus · fugitive · elude · abscond · getaway · opportunity

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fastening state

unboltedbolted

Fastened or fled suddenly

locked · fastened · secured · deadbolted · latched

security level

unboltedlocked

Fastened with a mechanism

secured · fortified · barricaded · deadbolted · padlocked

grain processing

unboltedbolted

Fastened or fled suddenly

sifted · refined · fine · processed

Family

unbolt, unbolting, unbolts

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G