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upholstered

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 P OW1 L S T ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Covered in or characterized by upholstery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • upholstered furniture

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of upholster

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: тапициран (tapiciran) — covered with upholstery
  • Danish: polstret — covered with upholstery
  • German: gepolstert — covered with upholstery
  • Norwegian Bokmål: polstret — covered with upholstery
  • Swedish: polstrad — covered with upholstery