furniture
Americannoun
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the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like.
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fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something.
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equipment for streets and other public areas, as lighting standards, signs, benches, or litter bins.
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Also called bearer. Also called dead metal. Printing. pieces of wood or metal, less than type high, set in and about pages of type to fill them out and hold the type in place in a chase.
noun
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the movable, generally functional, articles that equip a room, house, etc
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the equipment necessary for a ship, factory, etc
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printing lengths of wood, plastic, or metal, used in assembling formes to create the blank areas and to surround the type
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the wooden parts of a rifle
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obsolete the full armour, trappings, etc, for a man and horse
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the attitudes or characteristics that are typical of a person or thing
the furniture of the murderer's mind
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informal someone or something that is so long established in an environment as to be accepted as an integral part of it
he has been here so long that he is part of the furniture
Other Word Forms
- furnitureless adjective
Etymology
Origin of furniture
1520–30; < French fourniture, derivative of fournir to furnish
Example Sentences
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“You know, your furniture sucks. It’s pretentious and looks like a middle school kid could’ve carved it.”
From Salon
The Carthage, Mo., company makes furniture, engineered components and products for homes, offices, automobiles and commercial aircraft, including bedding products such as mattress springs, specialty foam, adjustable beds and machinery.
It works with the council, local food banks and refugee charities, to provide furniture and household items to people struggling financially.
From BBC
It is also used by the local councils to provide furniture and appliances for those in need through the household support fund - last year this helped nearly 700 households.
From BBC
She got hers from a flea market, but it has becoming ever easier to buy knockoff furniture and home goods online.
From Barron's
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