Furniture consists of large objects such as tables, chairs, or beds that are used in a room for sitting or lying on or for putting things on or in.
Each piece of furniture in their home suited the style of the house.
Synonyms: household goods, furnishings, fittings, house fittings More Synonyms of furniture
2.
See part of the furniture
furniture in British English
(ˈfɜːnɪtʃə)
noun
1.
the movable, generally functional, articles that equip a room, house, etc
2.
the equipment necessary for a ship, factory, etc
3. printing
lengths of wood, plastic, or metal, used in assembling formes to create the blank areas and to surround the type
4.
the wooden parts of a rifle
5. obsolete
the full armour, trappings, etc, for a mounted soldier and horse
6.
the attitudes or characteristics that are typical of a person or thing
the furniture of the murderer's mind
7. part of the furniture
8. door furniture, street furniture
Word origin
C16: from French fourniture, from fournir to equip, furnish
furniture in American English
(ˈfɜːrnɪtʃər)
noun
1.
the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like
2.
fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something
3.
equipment for streets and other public areas, as lighting standards, signs, benches, or litter bins
4. Also called: bearer, dead metal Printing
pieces of wood or metal, less than type high, set in and about pages of type to fill them out and hold the type in place in a chase
Derived forms
furnitureless
adjective
Word origin
[1520–30; ‹ F fourniture, deriv. of fournir to furnish]
More idioms containing
furniture
part of the furniture
Examples of 'furniture' in a sentence
furniture
Our garden furniture is at the bottom.
The Sun (2016)
Images of garden furniture we admired once last summer stalk us around the web.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The way that home office furniture has evolved in the digital age means that you can marry style with pragmatism.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Now step back and have a think about which pieces of furniture or accessories are the ones you really want to amplify.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Head to your local auction house for classic furniture that won't go out of fashion.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Upstairs, the six pastel rooms have dainty furniture and huge bathrooms with freestanding tubs.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I switch furniture between rooms now and then to ring the changes without spending money.
The Sun (2016)
I like to leave wooden garden furniture outside through the winter.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The furniture you buy will contribute greatly to the overall design.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Their owners filled these houses with fine furniture.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
Very few of those people running furniture retailers today have experienced tough times.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Vintage factory or shop furniture is very chic.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This will mostly be furniture and computer equipment.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Tape each bag to the relevant piece of furniture.
The Sun (2016)
Three feet should be quite enough for mattresses and garden furniture.
Page, Russell The Education of a Gardener (1994)
The cost of mortgage fees and loans taken out to buy furniture can also be deducted.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She had not soiled the house or the furniture in any way that day.
Jan Fennell, Foreword by Monty Roberts THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
It is talking to secondhand furniture retailers and expects to launch a vintage section next year.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
His choice of vocation was inspired by his father who designed all the furniture in the home.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Take your time finding the right pieces of furniture before you make any purchases.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Part of me relished the thought of buying furniture and selecting a color scheme.
Christianity Today (2000)
Her house comes with furniture and artworks.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There are all kinds of products that promise to transform your garden furniture and protect it from mould.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Many of the old villas had been torn down to make space for the workers of a furniture factory.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
Expensive new furniture filled the rooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The 54-year-old shipped back her furniture and began looking for a job.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Its 10 rooms combine antique furniture with swish bathrooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The use of X-ray equipment in street furniture is going too far.
The Sun (2007)
America, to which she has shipped antique furniture worth many thousands of pounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Which furniture retailer's flat pack finally collapsed in the autumn?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I worked in a wood factory making furniture, in a plastics factory and as a bricklayer.
The Sun (2010)
In other languages
furniture
British English: furniture /ˈfɜːnɪtʃə/ NOUN
Furniture consists of large movable objects such as tables, chairs, or beds that are used in a room for sitting or lying on, or for putting things on or in.
...bedroom furniture.
American English: furniture
Arabic: أَثَاث
Brazilian Portuguese: mobília
Chinese: 家具
Croatian: namještaj
Czech: nábytek
Danish: møbler
Dutch: meubels
European Spanish: mobiliario
Finnish: huonekalut
French: meubles
German: Möbel
Greek: έπιπλα
Italian: mobili
Japanese: 家具
Korean: 가구
Norwegian: møbel
Polish: meble
European Portuguese: mobília
Romanian: mobilă
Russian: мебель
Latin American Spanish: mobiliario
Swedish: möbler
Thai: เครื่องเรือน
Turkish: mobilya
Ukrainian: меблі
Vietnamese: bộ đồ gỗ
All related terms of 'furniture'
furniture van
a van designed to move the furniture of a house, office, etc, to another place
door furniture
locks , handles , etc, designed for use on doors
face furniture
anything worn on the face to change a person's appearance , such as facial hair, spectacles , or jewellery
furniture depot
a shop that sells the movable , generally functional , articles that equip a room, house, etc
furniture mover
someone employed to move the furniture of a house, office, etc, to another place
furniture shop
a shop that sells the movable , generally functional , articles that equip a room, house, etc
furniture store
a shop that sells the movable , generally functional , articles that equip a room , house, etc
patio furniture
furniture in an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
unit furniture
furniture consisting of separate units, conceived to be combined in different ways
campaign furniture
furniture, as chests or desks , having metal hinges on the corners and handles on the sides
furniture beetle
any coleopterous beetle of the family Anobiidae, in which the pronotum characteristically forms a hood that more or less covers the head. The family includes such notorious pests as the furniture beetle ( Anobium punctatum ) and the deathwatch beetle , the larvae of which attack furniture and beams
furniture polish
cleaning fluid designed to polish (esp wooden ) furniture
furniture remover
someone employed to move the furniture of a house, office , etc, to another place
period furniture
furniture that was made during a particular period in time
street furniture
pieces of equipment , such as streetlights and pillar boxes , placed in the street for the benefit of the public
reproduction furniture
furniture that is made in an imitation or copy of a past style
part of the furniture
If you describe someone or something as part of the furniture , you are suggesting that they have been somewhere such as their place of work for such a long time that it is hard to imagine that place without them.
quick-assembly furniture
furniture such as shelves and cupboards which you buy as a number of separate pieces and assemble yourself
Chinese translation of 'furniture'
furniture
(ˈfəːnɪtʃəʳ)
n(u)
家具 (jiājù)
a piece of furniture一件家具 (yī jiàn jiājù)
(noun)
Each piece of furniture suited their style of house.
Synonyms
household goods
furnishings
fittings
house fittings
goods
things (informal)
effects
equipment
appointments
possessions
appliances
chattels
movable property
movables
subject word lists
See Types of furnitureSee Furniture stylesSee Furniture designers