bolster /bōlˈstər or bolˈ/

1. A long, sometimes cylindrical, pillow or cushion
2. A pad
3. Anything resembling it in form or use, esp any piece of a mechanism acting as a support against pressure
4. A form of cold chisel
5. The jutting-out part of a knife which abuts on the handle

1. (also with up) to support as with a bolster
2. To hold up
3. To pad (out, etc)

bolˈstered adjective

1. Supported
2. Swelled out

bolˈstering noun and adjective

Propping up or supporting

• hostile bid
• hostile bids
• hostilely
• hostiles
• hostile witness
• hostile witnesses
• hostilities
• hostility
• hosting
• hostings
• hostler
• hostlers
• hostlesse
• hostries
• hostry
• hosts
• hot
• hot air
• hot-air
• hot-air balloon
• hot-air balloons
• hot and bothered
• hot-and-hot
• hotbed
• hotbeds