Furniture
noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively. uncountable, usually
"The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet."
- 2 furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy wordnet
- 3 The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal. uncountable, usually
"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."
- 4 Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item. uncountable, usually
"[…]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."
- 5 An accompanying enhancing feature, or features collectively; embellishment, decoration, trimming. obsolete, uncountable, usually
"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."
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- 6 The stock and forearm of a weapon. uncountable, usually
- 7 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. historical, uncountable, usually
- 8 The stumps. slang, uncountable, usually
- 9 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). uncountable, usually
"It read: “This article was amended on 3 January 2023. The original furniture said the fireworks display was on Christmas Eve.”"
- 10 A type of mixture organ stop. uncountable, usually
- 11 Draped coverings and hangings; bedsheets, tablecloths, tapestries, etc. archaic, uncountable, usually
- 12 Clothing with which a person is furnished; apparel, outfit. obsolete, uncountable, usually
- 13 Arms and armor, equipment of war. obsolete, uncountable, usually
- 14 Equipment for work, apparatus, tools, instruments. archaic, uncountable, usually
- 15 Condiments of a salad. in-plural, obsolete, uncountable, usually
- 16 Stock, supply, stores, provisions. obsolete, uncountable, usually
- 17 Contents; that with which something is filled or stocked. obsolete, uncountable, usually
- 18 Impressive-looking books used for filling out the collection of a private library. uncountable, usually
- 19 The action of furnishing or supplying. obsolete, uncountable, usually
- 20 The condition of being equipped, prepared, or mentally cultivated. obsolete, uncountable, usually
Antonyms
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More examples"I got him to help me when I moved the furniture."
Etymology
From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to furnish”).