upholstery

«upholstery» in Mova's school dictionary: the soft padding, springs and cloth or leather that cover… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (upholstery — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Upholstery is the soft padding, springs and cloth or leather that cover sofas, armchairs and car seats. tree →

2) Upholstery is also the craft or job of making and covering furniture in this way. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: spilling juice on the upholstery, cleaning car upholstery, choosing fabric. In DT lessons: materials like foam, fabric and leather. The worker is an «upholsterer».

examples

• Don't put muddy shoes on the upholstery! tree →
• The car's upholstery is grey cloth. tree →
• The cat scratched the sofa's upholstery. tree →
• Grandad learned upholstery and fixed old chairs. tree →
• We cleaned the juice stain off the upholstery. tree →
• The leather upholstery felt cold in winter. tree →

note

Uncountable. Person: «upholsterer»; verb: «upholster». Spelling: «up-HOL-ster-y», no «d» after «up».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «upholstery» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.