furnishing

[ fur-ni-shing ]

/ ˈfɜr nɪ ʃɪŋ /

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noun

furnishings,

furniture, carpeting, etc., for a house or room.
articles or accessories of dress: men's furnishings.

that with which anything is furnished.

Words nearby furnishing

furmenty, furmint, furnace, furness, furnish, furnishing, furnishings, furnit., furniture, furniture beetle, furnivall

Origin of furnishing

First recorded in 1490–1500; furnish + -ing¹

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Examples from the Web for furnishings

When Mendoza started to investigate, he found that every single piece of The Cathedral's furnishings were completely legal.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One or two carved wooden cupboards for books completed the furnishings.
A Friend of Caesar|William Stearns Davis
The house must have been the home of fashionable people in its time, for the furnishings, though old, were still luxurious.
The Campfire Girls Go Motoring|Hildegard G. Frey
Yet fortunately, many of its ancient monuments and furnishings escaped the wrath of the Roundhead iconoclasts.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy

The interior of this fine edifice is entirely remodelled, and has nothing of its former fitments, furnishings, or decorations.
Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country|Francis Miltoun
Here the furnishings were even more elegant and exquisitely tasteful than in the other.
Strictly Business|O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for furnishings

furnishings

/ (ˈfɜːnɪʃɪŋz) /

pl n

furniture and accessories, including carpets and curtains, with which a room, house, etc, is furnished

US and Canadian articles of dress and accessories

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