bolster

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

bolstersboulsterbowsterbousterboster

1.
A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.
Đồng nghĩa: Dutch wife, hotdog pillow
2.
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.
3.
(vehicles, agriculture) A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
4.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: crosshead, pillow
5.
A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.
6.
The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
7.
The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
8.
The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
9.
(architecture) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
10.
(historical)(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.
11.
(figuratively)(figurative) That which supports or promotes; a catalyst.
12.
A wide-bladed cold chisel designed to split and shape bricks.

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verb

V_es/s

bolsters

V_ing/Gerund

bolstering

V_ed/pp

bolsteredboulster

1.
(figuratively, often, transitive)(transitive, often figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

Dutch wifehotdog pillowcrossheadpillowcross-head

Cùng gốc / liên quan

bolsterlessbolster wagonbogie bolster wagon

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English bolster, bolstre, from Old English bolster (pillow), from *bolstr, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (pillow, cushion). Cognate with bowster bolster, bulster mattress, bolster, Polster, bolster, bólstur pillow.