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upholster
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb upholster has 1 sense
- upholster(v = verb.possession) Array - provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers; Array is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
Derived forms noun upholsterer1, noun upholstery2, noun upholstery1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
upholster, v. t. [See Upholsterer.].
To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains. [1913 Webster]
upholster, n.
- A broker. Caxton. [1913 Webster]
- An upholsterer. Strype. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
upholster, v.tr.
1 provide (furniture) with upholstery.
2 furnish (a room etc.) with furniture, carpets, etc.
1 provide (furniture) with upholstery.
2 furnish (a room etc.) with furniture, carpets, etc.
Idiom
well-upholstered joc. (of a person) fat.
Etymology
back-form. f. UPHOLSTERER
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