house furnishings

American  

plural noun

1. the furnishings of a household, as rugs, chairs, or draperies.

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Etymology

Origin of house furnishings

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Total figures above do not include damage to sea walls, docks, bridges, highways, floating equipment, crops, farming machinery, house furnishings, personal property and the like.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then she gave up, sold the house furnishings for $383, packed her trunk and moved in with Helen and George.

From Time Magazine Archive

The month brought slight rises in rental and fuel costs, but they were offset by price cuts in clothing, house furnishings and automobiles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today, Textron is integrated from raw yarn to finished product; it covers the field of house furnishings and clothing, employs its own designers, chooses its own retail outlets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Burlington is the most important manufacturing centre in the state; among its manufactures are sashes, doors and blinds, boxes, furniture and wooden-ware, cotton and woollen goods, patent medicines, refrigerators, house furnishings, paper and machinery.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various