Furniture

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working.
  • n. Archaic The necessary equipment for a saddle horse.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
  • n. The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal.
  • n. Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.
  • n. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.
  • n. The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc.
  • n. The masts and rigging of a ship.
  • n. The mountings of a gun.
  • n. Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In general, that with which anything is furnished or supplied to fit it for operation or use; that which fits or equips for use or action; outfit; equipment: as, the furniture of a war-horse, or of a microscope; table furniture.
  • n. The act of furnishing.
  • n. Collectively and specifically— Those movables required for use or ornament in a dwelling, a place of business or of assembly, etc.
  • n. The necessary appendages in various employments or arts, as the brasswork of locks, door-knobs, and window-shutters, the masts and rigging of a ship, the mounting of a musket, etc.
  • n. In printing, the pieces of wood or metal placed between and around pages of type to keep them the requisite distance apart and to aid in securing them in the chase.
  • n. In organ-building, one of the varieties of mixture-stops.
  • n. In a harness, all of the metallic parts with the exception of the bits and rosettes.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    furnishing   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    press    chest    étagère    closet    chest of drawers    buffet    Seat    dresser    bedroom furniture    wardrobe   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    supplies    outfit    equipment    furnishing    drapery    coverlet    hangings    bedding   
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    Design   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clothe    chair    ornament    carpet    furnishings    building    cabinet    equipment    paint    painting