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furniture

[ fur-ni-cher ]

noun

  1. the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like.
  2. fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something.
  3. equipment for streets and other public areas, as lighting standards, signs, benches, or litter bins.
  4. Also called bearer,. Printing. pieces of wood or metal, less than type high, set in and about pages of type to fill them out and hold the type in place in a chase.


furniture

/ ˈɜːɪʃə /

noun

  1. the movable, generally functional, articles that equip a room, house, etc
  2. the equipment necessary for a ship, factory, etc
  3. printing lengths of wood, plastic, or metal, used in assembling formes to create the blank areas and to surround the type
  4. the wooden parts of a rifle
  5. obsolete.
    the full armour, trappings, etc, for a man and horse
  6. the attitudes or characteristics that are typical of a person or thing

    the furniture of the murderer's mind

  7. part of the furniture informal.
    someone or something that is so long established in an environment as to be accepted as an integral part of it

    he has been here so long that he is part of the furniture

“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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Other Word Forms

  • ڳܰ·Ծ·ٳܰ· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of furniture1

1520–30; < French fourniture, derivative of fournir to furnish
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Word History and Origins

Origin of furniture1

C16: from French fourniture , from fournir to equip, furnish
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The legendary saga of “meat chair,” a wildly expensive single item of patio furniture that was, for a time, regretfully on display in the deli area, hence the name.

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Brand names written on the ring canvas and a sports drink brand synonymous with YouTuber-turned-wrestler Logan Paul, who faced AJ Styles on Sunday, have become a common part of WWE furniture in recent years.

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It was also revealed that Banerjee had used excavation grants to buy office furniture and his travel expenses were deemed excessive.

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Despite the rise of pre-fabricated furniture, he says, "people still call on cabinetmakers".

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That’s generally enough to be frightening and move furniture but generally causes only slight damage.

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