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furniture definition

fur·ni·ture (fʉr′ni c̸hər)

noun

  1. Obsolete the act of furnishing
  2. the things, usually movable, in a room, apartment, etc. which equip it for living, as chairs, sofas, tables, beds, etc.
  3. the necessary equipment of a machine, ship, trade, etc.
  4. Archaic full equipment for a man and horse, as armor, harness, etc.
  5. Printing pieces of wood, metal, or plastic used to fill in blank areas in type forms

Etymology: Fr fourniture < fournir, furnish

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furniture Synonyms

furniture

n.

  1. movables, household goods, home furnishings, appointments, fittings, chattels, household effects.

    Types of furniture include --- home: kitchen table, sofa table, end table, coffee table, chair, sofa, davenport, couch, settee, cabinet, breakfront, picture, chest, bureau, highboy, buffet, cupboard, bed, dresser, vanity, mirror, chiffonier, tapestry, footstool, secretary, press, sideboard, clock, bookcase; office: desk, drafting table, printer stand, bookcase, filing cabinet, stool, chair.

  2. Styles of furniture include: modern, contemporary, tubular, Scandinavian modern, early American, Shaker, Pennsylvania Dutch, colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Renaissance, Tudor, Jacobean, Gothic, Rococo, Georgian, Queen Anne, Victorian, Louis XIV, Louis Quatorze, Louis XV, Louis Quinze, Chinese, Ming, Japanese, Oriental, Moorish, Adam, Hepplewhite, Sheraton, Chippendale, Duncan Phyfe, Empire, French colonial, French provincial, Spanish colonial, mission, Biedermeier, Mediterranean, Monterey, neoclassical.


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furniture Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • upholster: Lounges and living rooms, which contain upholstered furniture and many types of plastic material, are the main risk rooms.

Adjective modifier

  • antique: The hotel rooms are equipped with original antique furniture.

Modifies a noun

  • polish: For cleaning the guitar I wouldn't recommend a furniture polish or anything like that.

Noun used with modifier

  • patio: GARDEN: Large, enclosed garden with patio furniture.
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furniture quotes

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.

-Doyle, SirArthur Conan

First of all the Georgian Silver goes, and then all that nice furniture that used to be in the salon. Then the Canalettos go.

-Stockton

The root of Evil, Avarice That damn'd ill-natur'd, baneful Vice, Was Slave to Prodigality, That noble Sin; whilst Luxury Employed a Million of the Poor, And odious Pride a Million more; Envy itself, and Vanity, Were Ministers of Industry; Their darling Folly, Fickleness, In Diet, Furniture and Dress That strange ridic'lous Vice, was made That very Wheel that turned theTrade.

-Mandeville, Bernard

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