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upholstery

upholstery

24 5.1
The soft padded covering on furniture like chairs and sofas
  • noun
  • /ʌpˈhoʊlstəri/
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  • She chose a vibrant fabric for the upholstery of her dining room chairs.
  • leather upholstery
  • velvet upholstery
  • plush upholstery

I found some tweed, I got felt, I found some corduroy, velvet, some upholstery fabric.

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Examples

  • I could make it all match the upholstery.

  • The wood was pale and yellowish, and the upholstery was striped.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • You would not want to cut the upholstery because it must be perfect.

  • I like the color of the upholstery.

  • The couch is original leather upholstery.

  • The light was dim in the corners of the tiny place, and the upholstery was old.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • There's beautiful leather upholstery with Recaro sports seats.

  • The Buick's name was Vi because its upholstery was gray-violet.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Redoing it in blue would involve new drapes, new upholstery, new carpet, new everything.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • In the left foreground, a wooden chair with a red back and green upholstery stretches tautly upward.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

upholstery material
vsupholstery
3.7

Material used to cover and pad furniture like chairs or sofas

refers to the whole padded covering that includes internal padding, springs, and webbing

Compounds

Material used to cover and pad furniture like chairs or sofas

A strong, often curved sewing tool for thick furniture fabric

How Padded

cushioning
4 3.0
upholstery
24 5.1
covering
12 1.1

Surface Forms

upholstery singular
upholsteries plural

Morphology

upholstery = upholster (semi-transparent) = upholster + y

Standard noun formation from the verb 'upholster' using the suffix '-y'.

Etymology

Upholstery is easy to remember if you think of up- as 'on' and -holster like something that 'holds' things, so upholstery is the soft cover that 'holds' the padding, springs, and fabric on a chair or sofa.