| bolster | The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital | en |
| bolster | The metallic end of a pocketknife handle | en |
| bolster | That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle | en |
| bolster | the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched | en |
| bolster | A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation | en |
| bolster | To support with a bolster or pillow | en |
| bolster | prop up with a pillow or bolster | en |
| bolster | support, strengthen, reinforce fiil | en |
| bolster | To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; often with up | en |
| bolster | A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests | en |
| bolster | The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck | en |
| bolster | Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc | en |
| bolster | A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; generally laid under the pillows | en |
| bolster | A large cushion or pillow | en |
| bolster | To brace, reinforce, secure, or support | en |
| 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 | en |
| 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 | en |
| 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 | en |
| bolster | Anything used to prevent chafing | en |
| bolster | A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle | en |
| bolster | a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows support and strengthen; "bolster morale" prop up with a pillow or bolster | en |
| bolster | a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows support and strengthen; "bolster morale" | en |
| bolster | support and strengthen; "bolster morale" | en |
| bolster | add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair" | en |
| bolster | A blocking chisel for masonry work A broad-edged chisel made in a number of sizes,shapes, and weights | en |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion which forms an integral part of a chair, soft or bed | en |
| bolster | a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows | en |
| bolster | A bolster is a firm pillow shaped like a long tube which is sometimes put across a bed under the ordinary pillows. a long firm pillow, usually shaped like a tube | en |
| bolster | long ornamental pillow for a bed or sofa, cushion isim | en |
| bolster | If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it. Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence. = boost | en |
| bolster | If someone tries to bolster their position in a situation, they try to strengthen it. Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy. = boost Bolster up means the same as bolster. an aid programme to bolster up their troubled economy | en |
| bolster | a long cylindrical stuffed pillow or cushion; can be wedge-shaped or rectangular | en |
| bolster | A short horizontal timber or steel beam on top of a column to support and decrease the span of beams or girders | en |
| bolster | The crosswise member of the frame of a railroad car at the truck (body bolster) or the crosswise piece at the center of a truck (truck bolster) | en |
| bolster | a transverse baulk of timber or steel to support long loads, such as timber, rail or metal products Usually found on single, twin or more recently bogie wagons Bolsters could be either fixed or swivelling See Caledonian Dgm 109, North Eastern Dgms D1, D2 & D3 for examples | en |
| bolster | A broad based steel brick layer's chisel with a blade about 110 mm wide | en |
| bolster | a block-like wood, metal, or concrete member that supports a bearing on top of a pier cap or abutment bridge seat It adjusts bearing heights (thus avoiding bridge-seat construction to the crown of the roadway), provides an area that may be ground to a precise elevation, or raises a bearing above moisture and debris that may collect on the bridge seat See also bridge pad | en |
| bolster | A long and usually cylindrical stuffed pillow or cushion Also an oversized backrest or pillow which can be rectangular or wedge-shaped | en |
| bolster | to hold up or strengthen | en |
| bolster | An erection of two uprights and a crossbar fitted to open lorries to enable long loads to be carried, projecting, if necessary above the cab | en |
| bolster | the crosswise members of a car or locomotive floor frame | en |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion which forms an integral part of a chair, sofa or bed | en |
| bolstered | past of bolster | en |
| bolstered | Swelled out | en |
| bolstered | Supported; upheld | en |
| bolstering | present participle of bolster | en |
| bolsters | third-person singular of bolster | en |
| bolsters | plural of bolster | en |