Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working.
- n. Archaic The necessary equipment for a saddle horse.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In general, that with which anything is furnished or supplied to fit it for operation or use; that which fits or equips for use or action; outfit; equipment: as, the furniture of a war-horse, or of a microscope; table furniture.
- n. The act of furnishing.
- n. Collectively and specifically— Those movables required for use or ornament in a dwelling, a place of business or of assembly, etc.
- n. The necessary appendages in various employments or arts, as the brasswork of locks, door-knobs, and window-shutters, the masts and rigging of a ship, the mounting of a musket, etc.
- n. In printing, the pieces of wood or metal placed between and around pages of type to keep them the requisite distance apart and to aid in securing them in the chase.
- n. In organ-building, one of the varieties of mixture-stops.
- n. In a harness, all of the metallic parts with the exception of the bits and rosettes.
Wiktionary
- n. The harness, trappings etc. of a horse or other animal.
- n. An item, or, used collectively, items, usually in a room, which enhance the room's characteristics, functionally and/or decoratively.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.
- n. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.
- n. The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc.
- n. The masts and rigging of a ship.
- n. The mountings of a gun.
- n. Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.
- n. Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase.
- n. A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called
mixture .
WordNet 3.0
- n. furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
Etymologies
- Old French fourniture, from fournir, to furnish; see furnish.
Examples
“The Eames name, in furniture, is a registered trademark of Herman Miller.”
“Leather furniture is among the most stylish, cool and elegant of all furnishing that you can pit up in your interiors and the best part is that it goes well with both the modern look and even the laid back retro style.”
“Make sure that the furniture is aligned in a proper fashion with a set pattern.”
“The lesson here is that long and low is always chic, and to avoid at all costs what I call 'furniture on steroids': American designs are generally so supersized and big and puffy.”
“Pie got a little doll house for Christmas, but once we got it out of the packaging we realized that all the furniture is affixed in place - the only movable parts are the actual family members and a car.”
“I guess the furniture is a way of commercializing the idea.”
“The living room still faces the beautiful view of the farmlands, and the furniture is arranged just the same as it was years ago.”
“Not until after the furniture is all paid for anyway.”
“In the rooms the furniture is arranged alongside the walls, the boxes have been removed and straw and papers have been swept away.”
“All of one material or style creates what I call the furniture showroom effect.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘furniture’.
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Organ Stops
A list of pipe- and pedal-organ stops. These have variously and perhaps at times capriciously been named and labelled by organ builders in Latin, English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, a...
diapason, double open diapason, sub-bourdon, double dulciana, bourdon, contra gamba, pyramidon, open diapason, stopped diapason, dulcis, dulciana, viol-di-gamba and 237 more...
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strange plurals
words with unusual plurals - singular form being the plural form, obsolete formations without 's', etc.
shoon, crocket, crotchet, quare, aëtheogamous, binoculars, antelope, luggage, police, furniture, aircraft, macaroni and 31 more...
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Nouns
ability, man, tree, apple, computer, chip, sheep, word, letter, light, dog, cube and 61 more...
reesetee Yes, bilby--and those bees are quick learners. ;-> Mar 19, 2008
bilby "There were no personal letters. He opened nothing. But he sat for a moment with each letter in his hands before he let it drop. He listened to its freedom, its mobility, its travels.
There was a postcard inviting him to an exhibit of modern Italian furniture, where even the spumante couldn't disguise how uncomfortable the pieces would be; a chiropractor would have to escort you home."
- 'The Quiet Girl', Peter Høeg. Mar 18, 2008
bilby I'm imagining reesetee whiling away his youth chasing bees around the garden and then holding them captive until they have been taught how to spell flawlessly.
What's a reesetee anyway?
Mar 18, 2008
reesetee Old spelling bee trick. ;-) Jul 25, 2007
jennarenn Yes! reesetee, you're brilliant!!! Jul 25, 2007
reesetee Does it help to remember "furnish"? Jul 25, 2007
jennarenn This is one of those words that I always need to look up. It sounds like it should be spelled furnature. Still gets me after all these years. :P Jul 25, 2007