About The Word Furniture
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Furniture
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What's The Definition Of Furniture?
[n] furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Furniture: article of furniture | piece of furniture Related Terms | Find terms related to Furniture: accessories | accouterments | apparatus | appliances | appointments | appurtenances | armament | belongings | chattels | clobber | cold-type typesetting | composing | composing stick | composition | computerized typesetting | conveniences | devices | duffel | dummy | effects | equipage | equipment | facilities | facility | fittings | fixtures | furnishings | galley chase | gear | home furnishings | hot-metal typesetting | impedimenta | imposition | installations | Intertype | justification | kit | layout | line of type | Linotype | machinery | materiel | Monotype | movables | munition | munitions | outfit | paraphernalia | photocomposition | photosetting | phototypesetter | phototypesetting machine | plant | plumbing | possessions | quoin | rig | rigging | setting | shit | slug | stock-in-trade | stuff | tack | tackle | things | trappings | typesetting | typesetting machine | utensils See Also | baby bed | baby's bed | bed | bedframe | bedroom furniture | bedstead | bookcase | buffet | bureau | cabinet | chest | chest of drawers | closet | counter | diningroom furniture | dresser | etagere | fitment | furnishings | hallstand | lamp | lawn furniture | nest | office furniture | press | seat | Sheraton | sideboard | sleeper | table | wall unit | wardrobe | wash-hand stand | washstand Furniture In Webster's Dictionary \Fur"ni*ture\, n. [F. fourniture. See {Furnish}, v.
t.]
1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied;
supplies; outfit; equipment.
The form and all the furniture of the earth.
--Tillotson.
The thoughts which make the furniture of their
minds. --M. Arnold.
2. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or
apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets,
curtains, pictures, vases, etc.
3. The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a
carriage, a ship, etc.
(a) (Naut.) The masts and rigging of a ship.
(b) (Mil.) The mountings of a gun.
(c) Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window
trimmings.
(d) (Print) Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height
than the type, placed around the pages or other matter
in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the
form in its place in the chase.
4. (Mus.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes
called mixture.
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