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furniture

Syllabification: (fur·ni·ture)
Pronunciation: /ˈfərniCHər/
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Definition of furniture

noun

  • 1large movable equipment, such as tables and chairs, used to make a house, office, or other space suitable for living or working.
  • 2 [usually with adjective or noun modifier] small accessories or fittings for a particular use or piece of equipment:computer hardware, software, and furniture
  • the mountings of a rifle.
  • Printing pieces of wood or metal placed around or between metal type to make blank spaces and fasten the matter 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.

Origin:

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

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