different between reupholster vs upholster

English

Alternative forms

• re-upholster

Etymology

re- +? upholster

Verb

reupholster (third-person singular simple present reupholsters, present participle reupholstering, simple past and past participle reupholstered)

1. To upholster again; to replace the attached fabric covering on furniture.

Anagrams

• upholsterer

English

Etymology

Back-formation from upholsterer (“tradesman who finishes furniture”), from Middle English upholdester, from Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”); equivalent to uphold +? -ster.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?l.st?(?)/, /??p?l.st?(?)/

Verb

upholster (third-person singular simple present upholsters, present participle upholstering, simple past and past participle upholstered)

1. (transitive) To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

upholster (plural upholsters)

1. (archaic) An upholsterer; a tradesman who finishes furniture.

Anagrams

• throuples