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street furniture

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noun

  1. pieces of equipment, such as streetlights and pillar boxes, placed in the street for the benefit of the public

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The redesign includes wider sidewalks, outdoor dining, gathering spaces, street furniture and decorative lighting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024

Lamp posts, cycle stands, bins, post boxes: it seemed there was no piece of street furniture that spectators were unwilling to climb to catch sight of the action.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024

The envisioned promenade stretches from Wardman Street to Hadley Street, along the aptly named Greenleaf Avenue, and includes wider sidewalks, outdoor dining, gathering spaces, street furniture and decorative lighting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

However, since the BBC reported on the episode, Mrs Unwin was contacted by people willing to pay for and sit on the course so they could put the baskets on electrical street furniture.

From BBC ● May 10, 2024

However much the style of street, furniture, tastes, art, and costume have been influenced by Europe, fortunately for picturesque effect the Persian, even in the capital, retains the Persian saddle and equipments.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

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