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upholstery
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun upholstery has 2 senses
- upholstery(n = noun.artifact) Array - covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture; Array is a kind of covering
- upholstery(n = noun.act) Array - the craft of upholstering; Array is a kind of craft, trade
is a part of seat
Derived form verb upholster1
Derived form verb upholster1
CIDE DICTIONARY
upholstery, n.
The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
upholstery, n.
1 textile covering, padding, springs, etc., for furniture.
2 an upholsterer's work.
1 textile covering, padding, springs, etc., for furniture.
2 an upholsterer's work.
THESAURUS
upholstery
blanketing, blocking, blotting out, cementwork, cloaking, clouding, coating, coverage, covering, curtaining, eclipse, eclipsing, envelopment, enwrapment, enwrapping, hiding, incrustation, laying on, mantling, masking, obduction, obscuring, occultation, overlaying, overspreading, pargeting, plasterwork, screening, sheathing, shielding, shrouding, stuccowork, superimposition, superposition, upholstering, veiling, wrappingROGET THESAURUS
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Instrument
N instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.
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