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— English words —

• bolster n. A large cushion or pillow.
• bolster n. A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy…
• bolster n. (Vehicles, agriculture) A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the…
• bolster n. A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the…
• bolster n. A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.
• bolster n. The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
• bolster n. The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
• bolster n. The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
• bolster n. (Architecture) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
• bolster n. (Military, historical) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the…
• bolster v. (Transitive, often figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
• Bolster prop.n. A surname from German.
• Bolster prop.n. A ghost town in Okanogan County, Washington, United States.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • bolster n. A soft stuffed bag to lie or lean on; a cushion or pillow.
  • bolster n. (Rare) A pad; a piece of cushioning.
  • bolster n. (Rare) A supporting piece of metal.
• Old english
  • bolster n. Pillow, cushion.
• Swedish
  • bolster n. A bolster, a large cushion or pillow.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• bolster n. Langwerpig, cilindervormig hoofdkussen.
• bolster w. Verstevigen, versterken, veiligstellen.

— English words, defined in French —

• bolster n. Polochon, traversin.
• bolster v. Appuyer, soutenir, renforcer.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• bolster v. Apoyar.
• bolster v. Reafirmar.
• bolster v. Respaldar.
• bolster s. Almohada, cabezal.
• bolster s. Cojín.
• bolster s. Almohadón.
• bolster s. Cincel.

— In Dutch —

• bolster n. (Plantkunde) ruwe huls van een noot of kastanje.
• bolster n. Kaf, nutteloze hulzen van graan of peulvruchten.
• bolster n. Een met kaf gevuld kussen.
• bolster n. De bovenste, als turf niet bruikbare laag van hoogveen.
• bolster n. (Scheepvaart) zijdelings tegen de voorsteven geplaatste klos…
• bolster w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van bolsteren.
• bolster w. Gebiedende wijs van bolsteren.
• bolster w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van bolsteren.

117 English words from 18 English definitions

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7 English words from 19 foreign definitions

als een kaf met noot turf van

50 foreign words from 19 foreign definitions

Almohada Almohadón Apoyar Appuyer Bij bolsteren bovenste cabezal cilindervormig Cincel Cojín Eerste Eerste␣persoon enkelvoud Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs gevuld graan hoofdkussen hoogveen huls hulzen inversie kastanje klos kussen laag Langwerpig niet persoon peulvruchten Plantkunde Polochon Reafirmar renforcer Respaldar Scheepvaart soutenir tegen tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd traversin tweede tweede␣persoon veiligstellen versterken Verstevigen voorsteven wijs zijdelings

12 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

bolsters Bolsters bolstered bolsterer bolsterers bolstereth bolstering bolsterings bolsterless bolsterment bolster␣wagon bolster␣wagons

9 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

rebolsters unbolsters embolstered rebolstered unbolstered rebolstering unbolstering bogie␣bolster␣wagon bogie␣bolster␣wagons

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

embolster rebolster unbolster

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

bol Bol. LST OLs OLS Ste StE STE Ste. -ster -ster- ter TER ter-

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ETs ETS lob Lob LOB ret Ret. rets SLO slob TSL

10 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

bolters Bolters Bortles lobster orblets reblots rebolts Strobel Stroble trobles

39 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bit␣roles bloaters blogster blooters blothers blotters Boelters bolsters Bolsters Borel␣set bottlers boulster boulters Boulters Bristole brothels Colberts Floberts globster Holberts Kolberts latrobes Libertos lobsters lobstery ostruble retablos Robletos rotables sortable Stolberg storable Strobels strobile Strobles temblors troubles Troubles Wolberts

39 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

besort blores Blores blorts Bolers Bolser bolter Bolter Boltes Borels borest Bortle Bosler Boster botels lesbro Lobers loster orblet ostler reblot rebolt reslot Robels robles Robles rostel solert sorbet sterol Stober strobe Strobl Strole tobers Tobers Tobler torsel troble

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Balster boaster Bobster booster holster polster

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Bolser bolter Bolter Boster

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

boulster

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