Furniture meaning

fûrnĭ-chər

Furniture is defined as moveable things like tables, chairs and sofas that are used to make a house or building a comfortable place to live.

An example of furniture is a couch or a chair or a table.

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(obs.) The act of furnishing.

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(archaic) Necessary equipment, as for a saddle horse or sailing ship.

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The movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working.

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The things, usually movable, in a room, apartment, etc. which equip it for living, as chairs, sofas, tables, beds, etc.

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The necessary equipment of a machine, ship, trade, etc.

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(archaic) Full equipment for a man and horse, as armor, harness, etc.

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Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.

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(printing) Pieces of wood, metal, or plastic used to fill in blank areas in type forms.

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(now usually uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.

The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.

How much furniture did they leave behind?

A chair is furniture. Sofas are also furniture.

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The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal.

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Origin of furniture

Old French fourniture from fournir to furnish furnish

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to furnish”).

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