furnishing

American  

[fur-ni-shing] / ˈfɜr nɪ ʃɪŋ /

noun

1. furnishings,

   1. furniture, carpeting, etc., for a house or room.

   2. articles or accessories of dress.

      men's furnishings.

2. that with which anything is furnished.

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Etymology

Origin of furnishing

First recorded in 1490–1500; furnish + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

But rather than spending tens of thousands furnishing and designing her space herself, she came across emerging interior designer Kiki Tolles through her TikTok algorithm.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

High-end furnishing retailer RH, for example, has a small hotel in New York where guests can try out the company’s products in rooms starting at $2,200 a night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

Or you could buy yourself a $10m house every day for 250 years, and still have change for furnishing and decorating.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Many young renters are now treating rental properties like starter homes, spending thousands of dollars on decorating and furnishing those homes.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

In human societies possessing domestic animals, livestock fed more people in four distinct ways: by furnishing meat, milk, and fertilizer and by pulling plows.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond