upholster

[US]/ʌp'həʊlstə/
[UK]/ʌp'holstɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. decorate; arrange with (carpets, furniture, etc.); put cushions on (sofas, etc.)
Word Forms
Past Participleupholstered
Past Tenseupholstered
Present Participleupholstering
Pluralupholsters
Third Person Singularupholsters

Phrases & Collocations

reupholster furniture

upholster a chair

upholster a sofa

Example Sentences

a sofa upholstered in chintz.

upholstered in nubby blue cotton.

The young couple plan to upholster their bedroom with velvet.

the low upholstered chair was one of the room's few comforts.

the room was furnished in slightly tatty upholstered furniture.

the chairs were upholstered in red velvet.

Kartell usually specialise in moulded plastic furniture but this sofa consists of two upholstered oblong blocks resembling choc ices, and very little else.

These mail-wagons were two-wheeled cabriolets, upholstered inside with fawn-colored leather, hung on springs, and having but two seats, one for the postboy, the other for the traveller.

Real-world Examples

The interior was upholstered in quilted gray chenille.

Source: Goodbye, My Love (Part 2)

He was in a salon upholstered in red velvet with large pieces of gold lace.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

A small armchair, upholstered in beige fabric, sat in the corner, its sagging seat testament to previous exhausted occupants.

Source: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

These furnishings followed the contours of the room, their lower parts leading to huge couches upholstered in maroon leather and curved for maximum comfort.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

We went past her into a rather narrow room with several handsome oval mirrors and gray period furniture upholstered in blue damask.

Source: The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake (Part 2)

A stout woman upholstered in velvet, her flabby cheeks too much massaged, swirled by with her poodle straining at its leash—the effect being given of a tug bringing in an ocean liner.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 1)

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