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As a noun, furniture means large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
Meanings of furniture
19 meaningsnoun
now usually uncountableLarge movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
“The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.”
“How much furniture did they leave behind?”
The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal.
Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.
firearmsThe stock and forearm of a weapon.
journalismAny material on the page other than the body text and pictures of articles; for example, headlines, datelines and dinkuses, lines and symbols (though in earlier use, only non-text elements of page design, such as lines and symbols).
musicA type of mixture organ stop.
booksellingImpressive-looking books used for filling out the collection of a private library.
Furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
“they had too much furniture for the small apartment”
“there was only one piece of furniture in the room”
Similar: piece of furniture, article of furniture
Older and rare meanings (11)
obsoleteAn accompanying enhancing feature, or features collectively; embellishment, decoration, trimming.
printinghistoricalThe pieces of wood or metal put round pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase.
archaicDraped coverings and hangings; bedsheets, tablecloths, tapestries, etc.
obsoleteClothing with which a person is furnished; apparel, outfit.
obsoleteArms and armor, equipment of war.
archaicEquipment for work, apparatus, tools, instruments.
obsoleteCondiments of a salad.
obsoleteStock, supply, stores, provisions.
obsoleteContents; that with which something is filled or stocked.
obsoleteThe action of furnishing or supplying.
obsoleteThe condition of being equipped, prepared, or mentally cultivated.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).