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Bolster

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Noun

1. bolster, long pillow

a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows

Verb

2. bolster, bolster up

support and strengthen

Example Sentences:
'bolster morale'

3. bolster

prop up with a pillow or bolster

4. bolster, pad

add padding to

Example Sentences:
'pad the seat of the chair'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bolster

see synonyms of bolster
verb (transitive)
1. (often foll by up)
to support or reinforce; strengthen
to bolster morale
2. 
to prop up with a pillow or cushion
3. 
to add padding to
to bolster a dress
noun
4. 
a long narrow pillow or cushion
5. 
any pad or padded support
6. architecture
a short horizontal length of timber fixed to the top of a post to increase the bearing area and reduce the span of the supported beam
7. 
a cold chisel having a broad blade splayed towards the cutting edge, used for cutting stone slabs, etc

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Bolster

see synonyms of bolster
noun
1. 
a long, narrow cushion or pillow
2. 
a soft pad for easing pressure on any part of the body
3. 
any bolsterlike object or support
; specif.,
a. 
a capping piece over a post to extend the bearing area under a beam
b. 
the connecting part between the volutes of an Ionic capital
verb transitive
4. 
to prop up as with a bolster; support, strengthen, or reinforce
often with up

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Bolster

see synonyms of bolster
n.
A long narrow pillow or cushion.
tr.v. bol·stered, bol·ster·ing, bol·sters
1. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion.
2. To buoy up or hearten: Visitors bolstered the patient's morale.

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