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bolsterment

bolsterment noun: the process of bolstering.

Noun

bolsterment (uncountable)

  1. The process of bolstering.
    • Because Caroline and Caleb had paid no attention to him when he made the first martini, he now made a second, for energy and general bolsterment, and officially considered it his first.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin of bolsterment

From bolster + -ment.

Questions about bolsterment

What does bolsterment mean?
Bolsterment means the process of bolstering.
What part of speech is bolsterment?
Bolsterment is a noun.

Words near bolsterment in the dictionary

  1. bolstereth
  2. bolstering
  3. bolstering up
  4. bolsterings
  5. bolsterless
  6. bolsterment
  7. bolsters
  8. bolsters up
  9. Bolstone
  10. bolt
  11. bolt action

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