Definitions of bolster [ˈboʊl stər]

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Definition of 'bolster'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bolster
a long, often cylindrical cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.

2.  bolster
anything resembling this in form or in use as a support.

3.  bolster
any pillow, cushion, or pad.

4.  bolster
a horizontal timber on a post for lessening the free span of a beam.

5. (v.t.) bolster
to support with or as if with a bolster.

6.  bolster
to add to, support, or uphold:
They bolstered their claim with new evidence.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME bolstre, OE bolster; c. MD bolster, OHG bolstar, ON bolstr)

Definition of 'bolster'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) bolster, long pillow
a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows

2. (verb) bolster, bolster up
support and strengthen
"bolster morale"

3. (verb) bolster
prop up with a pillow or bolster

4. (verb) pad, bolster
add padding to
"pad the seat of the chair"

Definition of 'bolster'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) bolster
a long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows

2. (noun) bolster
a pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress

3. (noun) bolster
anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc

4. (noun) bolster
a cushioned or a piece part of a saddle

5. (noun) bolster
a cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing

6. (noun) bolster
anything used to prevent chafing

7. (noun) bolster
a plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment

8. (noun) bolster
a transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests

9. (noun) bolster
the crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck

10. (noun) bolster
the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched

11. (noun) bolster
that part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle

12. (noun) bolster
the metallic end of a pocketknife handle

13. (noun) bolster
the rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital

14. (noun) bolster
a block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation

15. (verb) bolster
to support with a bolster or pillow

16. (verb) bolster
to support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up

Translation of 'bolster'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a long, often round pillow.
Afrikaans: onderkussing	Arabic: وِسادَه	Bulgarian: дълга възглавница
Brazilian: travesseiro	Czech: podhlavník	German: das Polster
Danish: pølle	Greek: κυλινδρικό μαξιλάρι κρεβα	Spanish: travesaño
Estonian: padjand	Farsi: بالش	Finnish: pitkä tyyny
French: traversin	Hebrew: כַּר אָרוֹך	Hindi: तकिया, मसनद
Croatian: jastuk	Hungarian: vánkos	Indonesian: bantal panjang
Icelandic: sessa, púði	Italian: guanciale	Japanese: 長まくら
Korean: 긴 베개	Lithuanian: velenėlis, pagalvė	Latvian: pagalvis; polsteris
Malay: bantal peluk	Dutch: peluw	Norwegian: lang og rund (pynte)pute
Polish: podgłówek, wałek	Persian: بالش	Pashto: بالښت
Portuguese: travesseiro	Romanian: pernă	Russian: валик
Slovak: podhlavník	Slovenian: podzglavnik	Serbian: dugačak jastuk
Swedish: lång underkudde, dyna	Thai: หมอนยาวทรงกระบอก	Turkish: kanepe yastığı
Taiwanese: 長枕	Ukrainian: валик	Urdu: تکیہ ، گول سرہانہ
Vietnamese: gối ôm	Chinese: 长枕
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