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furniture

    fur·ni·ture   / fɜ:rnɪtʃɜ:r /   Pronunciation key  

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furniture in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
    "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"
    furniture  piece of furniture  article of furniture 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University

furniture in Webster's English dictionary

transitive verb
  1. A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.
  2. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.
  3. Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.
  4. Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase.
  5. That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.
  6. The masts and rigging of a ship.
  7. The mountings of a gun.
  8. The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Public Domain

furniture in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) (archaic) The harness, trappings etc. of a horse or other animal.
  2. (noun) An item, or, used collectively, items, (usually) in a room which enhance the room's characteristics, either functionally and/or decoratively.
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'furniture' English examples of use

  • Danish furniture
  • Edwardian furniture
  • My wife objects to modern furniture
  • New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture
  • She gave away her antique furniture
  • The furniture molded in the old house
  • These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled
  • They carted off the old furniture
  • Tudor furniture
  • Wood makes good furniture
  • antique furniture
  • freshly painted lawn furniture
  • he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage
  • heavy mahogany furniture
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