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boulster

boulster is the archaic form of bolster.

Meaning of bolster

Verb

bolster (third-person singular simple present bolsters, present participle bolstering, simple past and past participle bolstered)

  1. (figuratively, often, transitive) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
    • Puget also teamed up with Matt Hyde (Deftones, Slayer) to co-produce the record, which was another smart move: Together, the pair ensures that AFI (The Blood Album)'s arrangements are streamlined, but bolstered by just the right amount of atmospheric texture.2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The Onion AV Club

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Forms of boulster

third-person singular presentboulsters
present participleboulstering
past participleboulstered
pastboulstered

Questions about boulster

What is boulster the archaic form of?
Boulster is the archaic form of bolster.

Words near boulster in the dictionary

  1. Boulogne-Billancourt
  2. Boulogne-sur-Mer
  3. boulomaic
  4. Boulonnais
  5. bouls
  6. boulster
  7. boulstered
  8. boulstering
  9. boulsters
  10. boult
  11. Boultbee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boulster (page history and authors); bolster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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