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upholstery

[ uhp-hohl-stuh-ree, -stree, uh-pohl- ]

noun

, plural up·hol·ster·ies.
  1. the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
  2. the business of an upholsterer.


upholstery

/ ʌpˈhəʊlstərɪ /

noun

  1. the padding, covering, etc, of a piece of furniture
  2. the business, work, or craft of upholstering


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Other Words From

  • reup·holster·y noun plural reupholsteries

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Word History and Origins

Origin of upholstery1

First recorded in 1640–50; upholster(er) + -y 3

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Example Sentences

The newest coach seats drop the upholstery and, instead, are shells molded to the human spine.

The cars had plush green upholstery and stained-glass windows and were faster and cheaper than a horse-and-buggy.

There are oversized chandeliers, lots of tufted red-velvet upholstery and some damask wallpaper.

An upholstery technique used in the 1700s makes the silk glued onto molded timberwork atop the bed look like liquid gold.

At 8:00 a.m. sharp he pulled in to the lot at McBride Upholstery and returned the van.

You may know it by all these signs of mahogany furniture, and leather upholstery, and waiters of reverential deportment.

Mr. Guy Poynton leaned back amongst the mouldy leather upholstery, and smiled complacently.

I'm your friend and fellow-laborer and partner in the cabinet business, and the upholstery line, and all the other lines.

Carlo Trent rebounded limply, groaning between cushions and upholstery.

There was a small sofa which stood opposite the door naked and unashamed, in all the hideousness of the original, ugly upholstery.

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