furnished

American  

[fur-nisht] / ˈfɜr nɪʃt /

adjective

1. (of an apartment, room, or house) available to be rented with furniture.

   furnished summer sublets; a furnished bedroom in a remodeled condo.

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Other Word Forms

• half-furnished adjective
• self-furnished adjective
• semifurnished adjective
• unfurnished adjective
• well-furnished adjective

Etymology

Origin of furnished

First recorded in 1700–10; past participle of furnish ( def. )

Example Sentences

Willem’s sparsely furnished room was on the fourth floor of a private home.

From Literature

Despite the beacon, only Hanoi’s cà phê cognoscenti seek out this snug shop furnished with four short tables and a small counter.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kate and her boys first lived in a “handsomely furnished flat,” but whatever money she had earned in Russia did not last long.

From Literature

He lives in a company-owned apartment full of dark, polished surfaces and bad modern art; she lives in a rundown apartment furnished with termites.

From Los Angeles Times

Tenements crowded with Jewish immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe furnished the American toy industry with inventors and entrepreneurs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• equipped