Definitions from Wiktionary ()
|
|
▸ noun: A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
▸ noun: (vehicles, agriculture) A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
▸ noun: A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam.
▸ noun: A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.
▸ noun: The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
▸ noun: The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
▸ noun: The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
▸ noun: (architecture) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
▸ noun: (military, historical) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
▸ noun: (figurative) That which supports or promotes; a catalyst.
▸ verb: (transitive, often figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
▸ noun: A surname from German.
▸ noun: A ghost town in Okanogan County, Washington, United States.
Similar:
pad,
support,
bolster up,
long pillow,
headstead,
cushion,
husband,
Dutch wife,
buttress,
bombast,
more...
Opposite:
Types:
Phrases:
Adjectives:
Colors:
|
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to bolster
▸ Usage examples for bolster
▸ Idioms related to bolster
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing bolster
▸ Words that often appear near bolster
▸ Rhymes of bolster
▸ Invented words related to bolster