furniture
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Noun (1)
- 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: piece of furniturearticle of furnitureType of furnishingKinds table, wardrobe, cabinet, chest of drawers, buffet, bookcase, lamp, seat, bedstead, hallstand +13 more
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. fourniture. See Furnish, transitive verb
1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.
The form and all the furniture of the earth.— John Tilllotson
The thoughts which make the furniture of their minds.— Matthew 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) Nautical The masts and rigging of a ship. (b) Military The mountings of a gun. (c) Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings. (d) Printing 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. Music A mixed or compound stop in an organ; — sometimes called mixture.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54