n. The act of providing with furniture or fittings of any kind.
n. plural Fittings of any kind; especially, the smaller articles used in fitting up anything, as a building, vehicle, etc.: as, builders' or upholsterers' furnishings.
n. A subsidiary appendage or adjunct; an incidental part.
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n. (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel
n. (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable
n. the act of decorating a house or room
Word Usage
"Nancy finished what she termed furnishing: out went the horsehair, the hideous chandeliers, the stuffy books, the Recamier statuary, and an army of upholsterers, wood-workers, etc., from Boston and New York invaded the place."