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bolster

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Synonyms: booster, holster, boaster, bolter, polster, boster, boyster, bolser, bopster, bowster, boxster

Antonyms: booster, holster, boaster, bolter, polster, boster, boyster, bolser, bopster, bowster, boxster

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|pillow}} A large [[cushion#Noun|cushion]] or [[pillow#Noun|pillow]], usually cylindrical in shape.
  2. {{senseid|en|pad}} 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. {{senseid|en|vehicle}} {{lb|en|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. {{senseid|en|crosshead}} 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.
  5. {{senseid|en|rail transport}} {{label|en|rail transport}} A [[beam]] in the middle of a [[railway]] [[truck]], supporting the [[body]] of the [[car]].
  6. {{senseid|en|punching machine}} The perforated [[plate]] in a [[punch]]ing [[machine]] on which anything rests when being punched.
  7. {{senseid|en|blade but}} The part of a [[knife]] [[blade]] that abuts upon the end of the handle.
  8. {{senseid|en|handle but}} The metallic end of a [[pocketknife]] handle.
  9. {{senseid|en|architectural element}} {{lb|en|architectural element}} The rolls forming the ends or sides of the [[Ionic]] [[capital]].
  10. {{senseid|en|military}} {{lb|en|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. {{senseid|en|catalyst}} {{lb|en|figurative}} That which supports or promotes; a [[catalyst]].
  12. {{senseid|en|brick-making}} A wide-bladed [[cold chisel]] designed to split and shape [[bricks]].

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive|often|figurative}} To [[brace]], [[reinforce]], [[secure]], or [[support]].

Proper noun

  1. {{surname|en|from=German}}.
  2. {{place|en|ghost town|co/Okanogan County|s/Washington|c/US}}.

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