"upholstery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʌpˈhəʊlstəɹi/ [UK] Forms: upholsteries [plural]
Etymology: First recorded 1597; from upholster (noun) or upholster(er) + -(er)y or -y. Etymology templates: {{m|en|upholster|pos=noun}} upholster (noun), {{af|en|upholsterer|-ery|alt1=upholster(er)|alt2=-(er)y}} upholster(er) + -(er)y, {{af|en|-y}} -y, {{smallcaps|Upholster}} Upholster Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} upholstery (countable and uncountable, plural upholsteries)
  1. The craft or business of upholstering furniture. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crafts Translations (craft or business of upholstering furniture): تَنجِيد (Arabic), polsteren (Dutch), bekleding [feminine] (Dutch), verhoilu (Finnish), tapisserie (d'ameublement) [feminine] (French), tapicería [feminine] (Galician), Polsterung [feminine] (German), kárpitosmunka (Hungarian), kárpitozás (Hungarian), cumhdaitheoireacht [feminine] (Irish), tappezzeria (Italian), тапета́рија (tapetárija) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), tapicerstwo [neuter] (Polish), tapicerka [feminine] (Polish), estofado [masculine] (Portuguese), estofamento [masculine] (Portuguese), capitonare [feminine] (Romanian), оби́вка (obívka) (alt: ме́бели) [feminine] (Russian), còmhdachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), tapicería (Spanish), stoppning [common-gender] (Swedish), clustogwaith [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-upholstery-en-noun-R33mAGyi Disambiguation of Crafts: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'craft or business of upholstering furniture': 82 18
  2. The materials used in upholstering furniture. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crafts Translations (materials so used): тапицерия (tapicerija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), polstering [feminine] (Dutch), bekleding [feminine] (Dutch), verhoilu (Finnish), verhoilutarvikkeet [plural] (Finnish), kárpit (Hungarian), cumhdach [masculine] (Irish), тапета́рија (tapetárija) [feminine] (Macedonian), tapicerka [feminine] (Polish), obicie [neuter] (Polish), estofamento [masculine] (Portuguese), оби́вочный материа́л (obívočnyj materiál) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-upholstery-en-noun-2wJwuU~4 Disambiguation of Crafts: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ery, English terms suffixed with -y, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 41 59 Disambiguation of 'materials so used': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: reupholstery, upholster, upholdster, upholsterer

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      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "tapicería"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "craft or business of upholstering furniture",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stoppning"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "craft or business of upholstering furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clustogwaith"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tapicerija",
      "sense": "materials so used",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тапицерия"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "materials so used",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polstering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "materials so used",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bekleding"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "materials so used",
      "word": "verhoilu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "materials so used",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "verhoilutarvikkeet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "materials so used",
      "word": "kárpit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "materials so used",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cumhdach"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tapetárija",
      "sense": "materials so used",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тапета́рија"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "materials so used",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tapicerka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "materials so used",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obicie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "materials so used",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estofamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obívočnyj materiál",
      "sense": "materials so used",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оби́вочный материа́л"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "upholstery"
  ],
  "word": "upholstery"
}

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