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Definition of "upholstery" []

  • Fabric, stuffing, and other materials used in upholstering. (noun)
  • The craft, trade, or business of upholstering. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "upholstery" in a sentence
  • "Additionally, the term upholstery also will apply to the seats in cars."
  • "Furthermore, the term upholstery also will apply to the seats inside vehicles."
  • "To pass the three-minute ride we fillied about with what they called the upholstery, doing some nice horrorshow tearing - out of the seats 'guts and old Dim chaining the okno till the glass cracked and sparkled in the winter air, but we were all feeling that bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it having been an evening of some small energy expenditure, my brothers, only Dim, like the clowny animal he was, full of the joys-of, but looking all dirtied over and too much von of sweat on him, which was one thing I had against old Dim."