upholster
/əˈpɒl.stə(ɹ)/
upholster verb: to fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).
Verb
upholster (third-person singular simple present upholsters, present participle upholstering, simple past and past participle upholstered)
Noun
upholster (plural upholsters)
- An upholder, a dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholsterer; a tradesman who finishes furniture.
upholster meaning in Kannada and Arabic
upholster in Kannada
- ಒದಗಿಸು, ಅಣಿಮಾಡು, ತಟ್ಟುಮುಟ್ಟು ಒದಗಿಸು
upholster in Arabic
- fit padding etc. to furniture
- مُنَجِّد munajjid
Examples of upholster in a sentence
- We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.
- Holly flung herself on an upholstered sofa, her cute retro dress floofing around her.
- A flat topped desk stood by the window; there was a swivel-chair upholstered in worn, black leather.
Forms of upholster
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | upholsters |
| present participle | upholstering |
| past participle | upholstered |
| past | upholstered |
| Noun | |
| plural | upholsters |
| alternative form | upholdster |
Origin of upholster
Back-formation from upholsterer (“tradesman who finishes furniture”), from Middle English upholdester, variant of Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”); equivalent to uphold + -ster. Sense development as well as form may have been influenced by conflation with unrelated bolster.
From Middle English upholdester, upholster; equivalent to uphold + -ster.
Words formed from upholster
Questions about upholster
- What does upholster mean?
- Upholster means to fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).
- What is upholster in Kannada?
- Upholster in Kannada is ಒದಗಿಸು, ಅಣಿಮಾಡು, ತಟ್ಟುಮುಟ್ಟು ಒದಗಿಸು. See Upholster meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is upholster?
- Upholster can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce upholster?
- Upholster is pronounced /əˈpɒl.stə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of upholster?
- The past tense of upholster is upholstered.
Words near upholster in the dictionary
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