"reupholstering" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reupholsterings [plural]
Etymology: Since the 19th century as a gerund. By surface analysis, re- + upholster + -ing. More at upholstering § Etymology. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|re-|upholster|-ing}} By surface analysis, re- + upholster + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reupholstering (countable and uncountable, plural reupholsterings)
  1. The act or process, or an instance, of upholstering again (that is, redoing some upholstery), usually to restore a chair or automotive seat that is worn out. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: reupholsterer, upholsterer
    Sense id: en-reupholstering-en-noun-8AUxGGSf Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with re-, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 45 55

Verb

Etymology: Since the 19th century as a gerund. By surface analysis, re- + upholster + -ing. More at upholstering § Etymology. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|re-|upholster|-ing}} By surface analysis, re- + upholster + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} reupholstering
  1. present participle and gerund of reupholster Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: reupholster
    Sense id: en-reupholstering-en-verb-fPAXdsO8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with re-, English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 45 55

Inflected forms

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