Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bolsterer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bol-ster-er
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who, or that which, bolsters.

Example Sentences

"When canned foods pall, a rifle is a handy bolsterer of the meat supply in this land of wild game; when, in the lonely night, the two geologists have talked through every subject in their ken, a book lumined by a gasoline lamp is a real diversion."

Etymology

From bolster + -er.

Inflected Forms

bolsterers (plural)

Questions

What does bolsterer mean?: One who, or that which, bolsters.
Where does bolsterer come from?: From bolster + -er.

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