Definitions for bolsters

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bolsters bol·ster

Spelling: [bohl-ster]

IPA: /ˈboʊl stər/

Bolsters is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 305 anagrams from letters in bolsters (belorsst).

Definitions for bolsters

noun

1. a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
2. anything resembling this in form or in use as a support.
3. any pillow, cushion, or pad.
4. Nautical. Also called bolster plate. a circular casting on the side of a vessel, through which an anchor chain passes. a timber used as a temporary support. a beam for holding lines or rigging without chafing. a bag filled with buoyant material, fitted into a small boat.
5. Metalworking. an anvillike support for the lower die of a drop forge.
6. Masonry. a timber or the like connecting two ribs of a centering. a chisel with a blade splayed toward the edge, used for cutting bricks.
7. Carpentry. a horizontal timber on a post for lessening the free span of a beam.
8. a structural member on which one end of a bridge truss rests.

verb (used with object)

1. to support with or as with a pillow or cushion.
2. to add to, support, or uphold (sometimes followed by up):

Origin of bolsters

before 1000; Middle English bolstre (noun), Old English bolster; cognate with Old Norse bolstr, Dutch bolster, German Polster

Examples for bolsters

Presently, however, she came back with a dry pillow and bolster for him.

Some days Sanjib Babu would be there reclining on his bolster.

Critics also argue the military assistance may be coming too late to bolster mainstream rebels.

Low-income work was a necessity, either to make up for the absence of a man or to bolster his own low-income paycheck.

To bolster my case I told him we should actually call it Pursuito, like Vertigo or Psycho.

The answer was perfectly clear, but there were even more facts to bolster it.

But I will not attempt to bolster my position with authorities.

“This reduces a potential drag to the economy and will bolster growth for the remainder of 2014,” Handler notes.

Spread it with the jam, and roll up in the form of a bolster.

Having a major movie backing up the program can only bolster its relationship with MLB.