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furniture en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfɜː.nɪ.t͡ʃə/ (UK)
  • /ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to furnish”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
    • They bought a couple of pieces of furniture.
    • The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.
    • How much furniture did they leave behind?
    • The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century,[…]. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
    • Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust […] 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), page 377, column 2:
    • She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill. 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
    • A chair is furniture. Sofas are also furniture.
    • Your furniture is beautiful.
  2. (uncountable, usually) The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal.
    • Amongst the rich this part of a hawk's furniture is ornamented with embroidery, handsome silver aigrettes, tassels and other decorations. 1934, George Cameron Stone, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor, →ISBN:
    • We commend a horse because he is strong and nimble,[…]and not for his furniture: a greyhound for his swiftnesse, not for his collar: a hawke for her wing, not for her cranes or bells. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
    • Horse furniture included a white sheepskin with red ‘wolf's teeth’; blue shabraque with yellow edging and royal cypher; blue valise with yellow edging. 2002, Ronald Pawly, Wellington's Dutch Allies 1815, →ISBN, page 19:
  3. (uncountable, usually) Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.
    • […]a new universal pistol, one to be carried by each man, with a 9-inch barrel of musket-bore and an iron ramrod carried in the holster; the furniture was reduced to just a brass trigger guard (no butt-plate), and some were fitted with Nock's lock. 1994, Philip Haythornthwaite, British Cavalryman 1792-1815, →ISBN, page 30:
  4. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) An accompanying enhancing feature, or features collectively; embellishment, decoration, trimming.
    • A Scythian Shepherd, so imbelliſhed With Natures pride, and richeſt furniture? His looks do menace heauen & dare the Gods, His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
  5. (uncountable, usually) The stock and forearm of a weapon.
  6. (historical, uncountable, usually) The pieces of wood or metal put around pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase.
  7. (slang, uncountable, usually) The stumps.
  8. (uncountable, usually) Any material on the page other than the body text and pictures of articles; for example, headlines, datelines and dinkuses, lines and symbols (though in earlier use, only non-text elements of page design, such as lines and symbols).
    • It read: “This article was amended on 3 January 2023. The original furniture said the fireworks display was on Christmas Eve.” 2023 January 31, Elisabeth Ribbans, “The perils of using journalist jargon outside the newsroom”, in The Guardian:
  9. (uncountable, usually) A type of mixture organ stop.
  10. (archaic, uncountable, usually) Draped coverings and hangings; bedsheets, tablecloths, tapestries, etc.
  11. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Clothing with which a person is furnished; apparel, outfit.
  12. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Arms and armor, equipment of war.
  13. (archaic, uncountable, usually) Equipment for work, apparatus, tools, instruments.
  14. (in-plural, obsolete, uncountable, usually) Condiments of a salad.
  15. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Stock, supply, stores, provisions.
  16. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Contents; that with which something is filled or stocked.
  17. (uncountable, usually) Impressive-looking books used for filling out the collection of a private library.
  18. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) The action of furnishing or supplying.
  19. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) The condition of being equipped, prepared, or mentally cultivated.

Forms

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furnitures Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

angels moving the furniture · part of the furniture · gun furniture · road furniture · furniture beetle · move furniture · stick of furniture · pistol furniture · furnitureless · furnituremaking · street furniture · utility furniture · furniture music · urban furniture · piece of furniture · save the furniture · furniture polish · traffic furniture · furnituremaker · federation furniture · occasional furniture · unfurnitured · furniture poverty · furniturized · nomadic furniture · disfurniture

Hypernyms

artifact

Hyponyms

bed · table · carpet · sofa · chair · wardrobe · stool · bookcase · chest of drawers · curtain · cupboard

Meronyms

wardrobe · drawer

Relateds

:Category:Furniture · furnish

Synonyms

furniture · furnishings

Translations (158)

hi असबाब (large movable items) · sk nábytok (large movable items) · de Zaumzeug (harness, trappings etc. of an animal) · is húsgagn (large movable items) · fi helat (fittings of a wooden item) · it mobilio (large movable items) · ota دوشهمه (large movable items) · aii ܨܸܒ݂ܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (large movable items) · ka ავეჯი (large movable items) · de Möbelstück (large movable items) · cmn 家具 (large movable items) · he רָהִיט (large movable items) · fa-ira اَثاث (large movable items) · gl mobiliario (large movable items) · id mebel (large movable items) · eo meblo (large movable items) · nn møblar (large movable items) · mt għamara (large movable items) · tt мебель (large movable items) · es muebles (large movable items) · cy celfigyn (large movable items) · fi huonekalu (large movable items) · cs nábytek (large movable items) · fa-ira مُبْل (large movable items) · cy celfi (large movable items) · mn тавил (large movable items) · nn møbel (large movable items) · hu bútorzat (large movable items) · ar أَثَاث (large movable items) · be мэ́бля (large movable items) · aii ܩܲܪܦܫܘܼܫܹܐ (large movable items) · de Mobilien (large movable items) · sh nȁmeštaj (large movable items) · ur اَسْباب (large movable items) · de Pferdegeschirr (harness, trappings etc. of an animal) · arz موبيلية (large movable items) · eu altzariak (large movable items) · arz عفش (large movable items) · hy կահույք (large movable items) · mn гэрийн тавил (large movable items) · yi מעבל (large movable items) · la supellex (large movable items) · sh на̏мјешта̄ј (large movable items) · id furnitur (large movable items) · ar مَفْرُوشَات (large movable items) · da møbel (large movable items) · th เฟอร์นิเจอร์ (large movable items) · de Ausstattung (large movable items) · sv inredning (large movable items) · pt mobília (large movable items) · aii ܟܪܵܦܬܵܐ (large movable items) · km ចលនវត្ថុ (large movable items) · ug ئۆي جاھازلىرى (large movable items) · de Geschirr (harness, trappings etc. of an animal) · es amueblamiento (large movable items) · ky мебель (large movable items) · de Zeug (harness, trappings etc. of an animal) · ru предме́т ме́бели (large movable items) · es moblaje (large movable items) · tk mebel (large movable items) · ur فَرْنِیچَر (large movable items) · ru ме́бель (large movable items) · ko 가구 (large movable items) · de Möbel (large movable items) · tr mobilya (large movable items) · bg ме́бел (large movable items) · sh по̀кућство (large movable items) · nl meubel (large movable items) · vi đồ đạc (large movable items) · de Ausrüstung (large movable items) · hi फ़र्नीचर (large movable items) · mk мебел (large movable items) · dsb meble (large movable items) · tl daral (large movable items) · ar فَرْش (large movable items) · es amoblado (large movable items) · hsb mebl (large movable items) · yue 傢俬 /家俬 (large movable items) · sh pokućstvo (large movable items) · mn тавилга (large movable items) · vo möbem (large movable items) · ky эмерек (large movable items) · tr möble (large movable items) · de Hausrat (large movable items) · ga troscán (large movable items) · fr mobilier (large movable items) · id perabot (large movable items) · fo húsgøgn (large movable items) · kk жиһаз (large movable items) · tg мебел (large movable items) · lo ເຄື່ອງເຮືອນ (large movable items) · grc ἔπιπλα (large movable items) · da inventar (large movable items) · my ပရိဘောဂ (large movable items) · sh на̏мештај (large movable items) · es mobiliario (large movable items) · ms perabot (large movable items) · gl moble (large movable items) · tt мебел (large movable items) · de Beschirrung (harness, trappings etc. of an animal) · arz فرش (large movable items) · lt baldas (large movable items) · de Prunkgeschirr (harness, trappings etc. of an animal) · vo möbs (large movable items) · sh nȁmještaj (large movable items) · th เครื่องเรือน (large movable items) · ota موبیله (large movable items) · fa-ira مُبْلِمان (large movable items) · az mebel (large movable items) · lt baldai (large movable items) · nb møbel (large movable items) · fa-ira اَسْباب (large movable items) · fi varusteet (harness, trappings etc. of an animal) · el έπιπλο (large movable items) · nb møbler (large movable items) · de Einrichtung (large movable items) · fo innbúgv (large movable items) · izh meebeli (large movable items) · mr फर्निचर (large movable items) · fr meubles (large movable items) · hu bútordarab (large movable items) · de Einrichtungsgegenstand (large movable items) · tl muwebles (large movable items) · cy dodrefn (large movable items) · afb أَثَاث (large movable items) · sw fanicha (large movable items) · ht mèb (large movable items) · sq mobilje (large movable items) · nl meubelstuk (large movable items) · fi huonekalut (large movable items) · cy dodrefnyn (large movable items) · uz mebel (large movable items) · bn আসবাবপত্র (large movable items) · ro mobilă (large movable items) · hu bútor (large movable items) · pl mebel (large movable items) · is mubla (large movable items) · de Beschlag (fittings of a wooden item) · vo möb (large movable items) · de Gurtgeschirr (harness, trappings etc. of an animal) · de Möblierung (large movable items) · de Wohnungseinrichtung (large movable items) · fi runko (firearms: stock and forearm of a weapon) · de Beschläge (fittings of a wooden item) · es amoblamiento (large movable items) · ja 家具 (large movable items) · sv möblemang (large movable items) · af meubel (large movable items) · el έπιπλα (large movable items) · mn гэрийн хогшил (large movable items) · lv mēbeles (large movable items) · sl pohištvo (large movable items) · et mööbel (large movable items) · km គ្រឿងតុទូ (large movable items) · eu altzari (large movable items) · de Mobiliar (large movable items) · uk ме́блі (large movable items) · sv möbel (large movable items)