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upholstered

upholstered adjective: covered in or characterized by upholstery. Also the simple past and past participle of upholster.

Adjective

upholstered (not comparable)

  1. Covered in or characterized by upholstery.
    • upholstered furniture
    • Allport's decision in 1872 to abolish Second Class on the Midland and effectively upgrade Third Class to the standards of Second, most notably with upholstered seating, sent shockwaves through the Victorian railway.2023 February 8, Conrad Landin, “Bon appetit: 150 years of railway dining”, in RAIL, number 976, page 47

Also used as

upholstered is also the simple past and past participle of upholster.

Words formed from upholstered

Questions about upholstered

What does upholstered mean?
Upholstered means covered in or characterized by upholstery.
What part of speech is upholstered?
Upholstered is an adjective.

Words near upholstered in the dictionary

  1. upholdstery
  2. uphole
  3. Upholland
  4. upholster
  5. upholsterable
  6. upholstered
  7. upholsterer
  8. upholsterer bee
  9. upholsterer bees
  10. upholsterers
  11. upholsteress

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