Prop up Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Prop up crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on October 5 2024 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Prop up has a total of 7 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | BOLSTER | Prop up | Wall Street Journal |
Definition
| • | A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows. |
| • | A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress. |
| • | Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc. |
| • | A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle. |
| • | A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing. |
| • | Anything used to prevent chafing. |
| • | A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment. |
| • | A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests. |
| • | The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck. |
| • | the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched. |
| • | That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle. |
| • | The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. |
| • | The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. |
| • | A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation. |
| • | To support with a bolster or pillow. |
| • | To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up. |
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- Wall Street Journal: Oct 5, 2024
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