upholstery as a noun: - 1
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upholstery
noun
1 upholstery
Covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture.
Roget 633:
machinery,
mechanism,
engineering.
instrument,
organ,
tool,
implement,
utensil,
machine,
engine,
lathe,
gin,
mill;
air engine,
caloric engine,
heat engine.
gear;
tackle,
tackling,
rig,
rigging,
apparatus,
appliances;
plant,
materiel;
harness,
trappings,
fittings,
accouterments;
barde†;
equipment,
equipmentage†;
appointments,
furniture,
upholstery;
chattels;
paraphernalia
etc.
(belongings)
780.
mechanical powers;
lever,
leverage;
mechanical advantage;
crow,
crowbar;
handspike†,
gavelock†,
jemmy†,
jimmy,
arm,
limb,
wing;
oar,
paddle;
pulley;
wheel and axle;
wheelwork,
clockwork;
wheels within wheels;
pinion,
crank,
winch;
cam;
pedal;
capstan
etc.
(lift)
307;
wheel
etc.
(rotation)
312;
inclined plane;
wedge;
screw;
spring,
mainspring;
can hook,
glut,
heald†,
heddle†,
jenny,
parbuckle†,
sprag†,
water wheel.
handle,
hilt,
haft,
shaft,
heft,
shank,
blade,
trigger,
tiller,
helm,
treadle,
key;
turnscrew,
screwdriver;
knocker.
hammer
etc.
(impulse)
276;
edge tool
etc.
(cut)
253;
borer
etc.
262;
vice,
teeth,
etc.
(hold)
781;
nail,
rope
etc.
(join)
45;
peg
etc.
(hang)
214;
support
etc.
215;
spoon
etc.
(vehicle)
272;
arms
etc.
727;
oar
etc.
(navigation)
267;
cardiograph,
recapper†,
snowplow,
tenpenny†,
votograph†.
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Dutch: bekleding, stoffering
Polish: tapicerka, obicie
2 upholstery
The craft of upholstering.
Dutch: bekleding, polsteren
Polish: tapicerka, tapicerstwo
Moby thesaurus: blanketing, blocking, blotting out, cementwork, cloaking, clouding, coating, coverage, covering, curtaining, eclipse, eclipsing, envelopment, enwrapment, enwrapping, hiding, incrustation, laying on, mantling, masking, obduction, obscuring, occultation, overlaying, overspreading, pargeting, plasterwork, screening, sheathing, shielding, shrouding, stuccowork, superimposition, superposition, upholstering, veiling, wrapping ... show more.
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