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bol·ster B0376600 (bōl′stər)n. A long narrow pillow or cushion.tr.v. bol·stered, bol·ster·ing, bol·sters 1. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion.2. To buoy up or hearten: Visitors bolstered the patient's morale. [Middle English, from Old English; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.] bol′ster·er n.EncyclopediaSeebolster |