furnishing

American  

[fur-ni-shing] / ˈfɜr nɪ ʃɪŋ /

noun

1. furnishings,

   1. furniture, carpeting, etc., for a house or room.

   2. articles or accessories of dress.

      men's furnishings.

2. that with which anything is furnished.

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Etymology

Origin of furnishing

First recorded in 1490–1500; furnish + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

“There is significant pent-up demand within the furniture and home furnishing category,” Shemesh wrote.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

High-end furnishing retailer RH, for example, has a small hotel in New York where guests can try out the company’s products in rooms starting at $2,200 a night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

Or you could buy yourself a $10m house every day for 250 years, and still have change for furnishing and decorating.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

She cut costs where it didn’t matter, such as selling off the previous executive’s pretentious antiques and furnishing her office from Ikea.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

This sort of furnishing was what Mr. and Mrs. Clutter liked, as did the majority of their acquaintances, whose homes, by and large, were similarly furnished.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote