What does upholsterer mean?
Word: Upholsterer
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Upholsterer means a person whose job is to cover chairs and sofas with cloth or leather and fill them with soft padding.
How do you spell upholsterer?
Syllables: up - hol - ster - er
Tricky part: The p and the h are two separate sounds here, not the f sound of phone. Students either lose the h altogether or write an f.
Watch out for: upolsterer, upfolsterer, uphelsterer
Memory tip: Say it slowly with a small puff of air on the h. Once you can feel that breath, you will not drop the letter.
Upholsterer in a sentence
Example 1: The upholsterer stripped the old sofa down to its wooden frame.
Example 2: Dada took his favourite armchair to an upholsterer in the old market.
Example 3: She trained as an upholsterer and now restores seats for vintage cars.
Fun Fact
The job title comes from an old word linked to keeping things in repair, so the name first pointed to mending rather than padding.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
upholster____
a) ar
b) er
c) or
d) ur
Show answer
b) er. A person who does this work takes the ending of painter and baker.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
uphollsterer
a) s
b) l
c) h
d) r
Show answer
b) l. Only one l comes before the st.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The uphoulsterer tacked fresh blue cloth onto the dining chairs and stuffed the cushions.
a) dining
b) uphoulsterer
c) tacked
d) cushions
Show answer
b) uphoulsterer. The second beat is spelt hol, with no u in it.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) mechanik
b) carpentar
c) archetect
d) upholsterer
Show answer
d) upholsterer. Carpenter ends in er, architect has an i after the h, and mechanic finishes with a plain c.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which job would you give to an upholsterer?
a) wiring a new ceiling fan
b) laying tiles on a bathroom floor
c) fixing a leaking kitchen tap
d) replacing a worn car seat cover
Show answer
d) replacing a worn car seat cover
2. Which tool would an upholsterer use most often?
a) a spirit level
b) a paint roller
c) a curved needle
d) a soldering iron
Show answer
c) a curved needle
