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furniture

Pronunciation: /ˈfəːnɪtʃə/
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Definition of furniture

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1the movable articles that are used to make a room or building suitable for living or working in, such as tables, chairs, or desks.
  • 2 [usually with adjective or noun modifier] the small accessories or fittings that are required for a particular task or function: the more sophisticated Mac furniture—number wheels, colour pickers, and so on
  • the mountings of a rifle: the gun is fitted with wooden furniture
  • Printing pieces of wood or metal placed round or between metal type to make blank spaces and fasten the type in the chase.

Phrases

part of the furniture

informal a person or thing that has been somewhere so long as to seem a permanent, unquestioned, or invisible feature of the landscape: I worked for him for so long I became part of the furniture Marx’s views on class and capitalism are part of the furniture of the modern mind

Origin:

early 16th century (denoting the action of furnishing): from French fourniture, from fournir, from Old French furnir 'to furnish'

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Definition of furniture in the US English dictionary

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