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upholstery

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ʌpˈhəʊlstəɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 P OW1 L S T ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The craft or business of upholstering furniture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The materials used in upholstering furniture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the craft of upholstering

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trade, craft

4

noun

Meaning 4

covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: covering

History

Etymology

First recorded in 1597; from upholster (noun) or upholster(er) + -(er)y or -y.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَنجِيد — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Bulgarian: тапицерство (tapicerstvo) — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Dutch: polsteren — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Dutch: bekleding — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Esperanto: remburaĵo — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Finnish: verhoilu — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • French: tapisserie (d'ameublement) — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Galician: tapicería — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • German: Polsterung — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Hungarian: kárpitosmunka — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Hungarian: kárpitozás — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Irish: cumhdaitheoireacht — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Italian: tappezzeria — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Macedonian: тапета́рија (tapetárija) — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Polish: tapicerstwo — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Polish: tapicerka — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Portuguese: estofado — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Portuguese: estofamento — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Romanian: capitonare — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Russian: оби́вка (obívka) — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Scottish Gaelic: còmhdachadh — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Slovak: čalúnenie — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Spanish: tapicería — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Swedish: stoppning — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Ottoman Turkish: دوشهمه (döşeme) — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Welsh: clustogwaith — craft or business of upholstering furniture
  • Bulgarian: тапицерия (tapicerija) — materials so used
  • Dutch: polstering — materials so used
  • Dutch: bekleding — materials so used
  • Finnish: verhoilu — materials so used
  • Finnish: verhoilutarvikkeet — materials so used
  • Hungarian: kárpit — materials so used
  • Irish: cumhdach — materials so used
  • Macedonian: тапета́рија (tapetárija) — materials so used
  • Polish: tapicerka — materials so used
  • Polish: obicie — materials so used
  • Portuguese: estofamento — materials so used
  • Russian: оби́вочный материа́л (obívočnyj materiál) — materials so used