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furniture

[fur-ni-cher]

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noun

the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like.

fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something.

equipment for streets and other public areas, as lighting standards, signs, benches, or litter bins.

Also called bearer, dead metal. 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.

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Origin:
1520–30; < French fourniture, derivative of fournir to furnish

Related forms

fur·ni·ture·less, adjective

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Furniture is always a great word to know.

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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Next, measure the pieces of furniture that you intend to place in the room.

Orr was dreaming of furniture made from local wood in the arts district.

It is home to an annual fiddlers' convention and, less happily, a huddle of textile and furniture factories.

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Next, measure the pieces of furniture that you intend to place in the room.

Orr was dreaming of furniture made from local wood in the arts district.

It is home to an annual fiddlers' convention and, less happily, a huddle of textile and furniture factories.

Your average furniture upholstery is surrounded by strong smells, including human feet, animal hair and spilled food bits.

People see furniture items, such as tables and trash.

The wood resisted rot and warping, making it a favorite for fencing, utility poles and furniture.

Like the architecture it was meant to compliment, mid-century modern patio furniture still looks surprisingly up to.

Veneer on everyday furniture can usually be repaired by.

Check with the university as office computers and furniture are not part of the start.

These used to be thriving places, where people bought furniture and other household goods.

US manufacturers are exploring an innovative way of making clothing, furniture upholstery, and other products from corn.

Staff have been cut, contractors laid off, offices closed and even furniture disposed of.

The rooms are set with period furniture and linens.

When the square feet aren't adjustable, make sure your furniture and fixtures are.

During the past decade, furniture designers have tried to part the sea of cubicles and encourage sociability-without going nuts.

Audi built a large furniture maker and retailer on reproductions of the style.

Anthropology reminds me of one of those furniture stores that's always going out of business.

Makers of furniture and white goods are suffering similarly.

Eclectic furniture and home décor items will be featured in displays and will be available for sale.

Also, when there is no more timber left, there will be a huge crisis in the construction and furniture industries.

She has also produced a line of minimalist furniture.

Secondhand furniture that's seen better days can be instantly revived with a coat of bright paint.

Kamecke uses a technique called marquetry that's popular among furniture makers.

Some furniture polishes may also be sprayed into the eyes.

Be friendly, be polite, be neutral and start scoping out your colleagues office furniture.

The strengthened softwoods can be used in everything from window frames to spas to garden furniture.

Its arts-and-crafts-style architecture is topped off by wood floors and locally crafted oak furniture.

Which means, disagree all you want, but don't pee on the furniture.

Wonderful elegant antique furniture and paintings by famous artists of the day.

Traditional wicker furniture is subject to cracking, aging and decay as it is crafted of wood.

The key to his art is discerning the pattern in the circuit board and then transferring it to the furniture.

After that, it has always hung with no furniture nearby to give easy access.

The wooden batons were first rammed through all the windows, furniture and a television.

If possible, bring in outdoor furniture and move essential items to an upper floor.

The replica furniture re-creates how it looked when the king's kept woman lived here.

It's so clean and simple, and the patio furniture fits perfectly.

Twisted rebar, concrete, and splintered furniture lay scattered across the floor of this room.

Take wood and cotton into a factor and out comes furniture and cloth.

Rising prices have bolstered the construction industry and sellers of furniture and building materials.

The cabins have a cozy ambience, furnished with handcrafted lodgepole furniture.

Nobody spoke about their furniture being destroyed and little mention was made of hairballs and cat hair everywhere.

Outdoor furniture and accessories for the gardener who is more arty than frilly.

The chihuahua pranced around on the screen as my son fed her, played with her, and bought furniture and decorations for her room.

Makers of footwear, furniture and more also gain from supplies of cheap labour.

You'll acquire a whole new appreciation for plastic patio furniture.

The house may have had no furniture because it was unoccupied at the time.

Chandler, who makes furniture and sculptures in addition to designing landscapes, had used scrap steel in his work for years.

He turned his attention back to furniture and made his name through an acclaimed line of high-modern designs for the home.

Rooster's mobile home is parked beneath the leaves of real trees, with a hen coop, and a clutter of broken furniture.

Stay away from bookcases or furniture that can fall on you.

It helps if they're pollenless, so they don't shed on your furniture and carpet.

The team conducted an experiment asking several hundred people to choose between two pieces of furniture.

Suppliers of building materials and furniture are now scrambling to give green consumers what they want.

The elegant rooms are beautifully decorated with old-style furniture and sumptuous fabrics.

Contrast wild nature and clean, smooth architectural furniture against a crusty stone wall for richness.

The steel case can be attached to furniture and has bolts on the inside to keep the laptop secure.

It varied by industry: the fall was slow in footwear, faster in furniture.

Also trendy patio furniture and other garden accessories.

Amazon is a catchall site for anyone shopping for anything from lawn furniture to kitchen appliances.

The emphasis will be on high-value products and services rather than on labour-intensive items such as furniture and clothing.

Define small rooms with furniture that makes a statement.

Picaso's clothing and furniture choices contributed to the tragedy.

Brooks simply has too much of the ideological bit that in fact does the sitting on the furniture.

The steel frame and legs give it the look of furniture.

Masisa organises local carpenters into networks and connects them to low-income furniture buyers.

Secondhand stores are hideouts for furniture with character.

Colorful pillows and a spiral-patterned rug accent the modern furniture and complete the look.

The patios provide a stable surface for furniture while granting easy access to the planting beds.

Upgrade an old window from eyesore to useful outdoor furniture with the help of a bit of spare lumber and a couple of.

Color, furniture placement, and area rugs can help meet this goal.

Lots of outdoor furniture and a garden that'll make you green with envy.

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World English Dictionary

furniture (ˈfɜːnɪtʃə)

—n
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.	informal part of the furniture 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
8.	door furniture See street furniture

[C16: from French fourniture, from fournir to equip, furnish]

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Word Origin & History

furniture

1520s, "act of furnishing," from M.Fr. fourniture, from fournir "furnish." Sense of "chairs, tables, etc.; household stuff" (1570s) is unique to English; most other European languages derive their words for this from L. mobile "movable."

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