bolster
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Is bolster a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (vehicles, agriculture) A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
2. (architecture) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.Examples: "Its [the Ionic's column's] ancient capital is generally formed of two parallel bolsters"
3. (military, historical) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.historical
4. (figurative) That which supports or promotes; a catalyst.Examples: "My health too has been better since you took away that Montero cap. I have left off cayenned eggs and such bolsters to discomfort."figuratively
verb (English)
1. (transitive, often figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.Examples: "Puget also teamed up with Matt Hyde (Deftones, Slayer) to co-produce the record, which was another smart move: Together, the pair ensures that AFI (The Blood Album)'s arrangements are streamlined, but bolstered by just the right amount of atmospheric texture."; "However, once the bi-modes come on stream this [the power supply] will need to be bolstered by a feed at Braybrooke, just south of Market Harborough, for which reason the Department for Transport has supported the extension of overhead electrification from Kettering to Market Harborough."; "At the outbreak of the Second World War, the number of locomotives at the depot was bolstered by the loan of several tank engines from the GWR, usually fitted with the distinctive "balloon" spark arrestors."figurativelyoftentransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary