bolster

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.
2. 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. A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
4. 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. A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.
6. The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
7. The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
8. The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
9. The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
10. (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. (figuratively) That which supports or promotes; a catalyst.

Verb

To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

Concepts

traversin

coussin

appuyer

accoter

augmenter

renforcer

encourager

oreiller

coussinet

défendre

Synonymes

pillow

support

pad

uphold

sustain

cushion

prop

prop up

maintain

back

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underpin

buttress

countenance

long pillow

strengthen

second

2nd

rest

stand by

back up

bear out

bolster up

boost

hold up

lean

preserve

reinforce

sponsor

indorse

pillow-fight

corbel

contend

patronage

patronize

carry

predicate

corbel-piece

press

bunk

buffer

push

put

die cushion

brace up

reward

brace

shore

shore up

sleeper

inch-tool

standby

befriend

stand up for

stick

beef up

subsidise

subsidize

subvention

beam

augment

timber

reenforce

trellis

truss

undergird

underlay

assert

underwrite

amplify

Dutch wife

stick by

head-rest

pillow for the head

bed pillow

adhere

subvent

corbel piece

endorse

espouse

fortify

heighten

die holder

Traductions

ondersteunen

cabezal

peluw

apoyar

steunen

reforzar

lehnen

unterstützen

stemmen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbɒlstə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: bolster

Hérité de ancien anglais: bolster

Appartenant à écossais: bowster

Appartenant à frison occidental: bulster

Appartenant à néerlandais: bolster

Appartenant à allemand: Polster

Appartenant à suédois: bolster

Appartenant à islandais: bólstur

In summary

From Middle English bolster, bolstre, from Old English bolster (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (“pillow, cushion”). Cognate with Scots bowster (“bolster”), West Frisian bulster (“mattress”), Dutch bolster (“husk, shell”), German Polster (“bolster, pillow, pad”), Swedish bolster (“soft mattress, bolster”), Icelandic bólstur (“pillow”).