Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture(noun)

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. furniture(Noun)

   The harness, trappings etc. of a horse or other animal.

2. furniture(Noun)

   An item, or, used collectively, items, usually in a room, which enhance the room's characteristics, functionally and/or decoratively.

   The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.

3. furniture(Noun)

   Equipment worn by a falcon or hawk to facilitate handling by the falconer / austringer, e.g. jesses

Origin: From fourniture, from fournir.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Furniture(verb)

   that with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment

2. Furniture(verb)

   articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc

3. Furniture(verb)

   the necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc

4. Furniture(verb)

   the masts and rigging of a ship

5. Furniture(verb)

   the mountings of a gun

6. Furniture(verb)

   builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings

7. Furniture(verb)

   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

8. Furniture(verb)

   a mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture

Origin: [F. fourniture. See Furnish, v. t.]

Freebase(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Furniture

   Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping. Furniture is also used to hold objects at a convenient height for work, or to store things. Furniture can be a product of design and is considered a form of decorative art. In addition to furniture's functional role, it can serve a symbolic or religious purpose. It can be made from many materials, including metal, plastic, and wood. Furniture can be made using a variety of woodworking joints which often reflect the local culture.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Furniture

   fur′ni-tūr, n. movables, either for use or ornament, with which a house is equipped: equipage, the trappings of a horse, &c.: decorations: the necessary appendages in some arts, &c.: (print.) the pieces of wood or metal put round pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase. [Fr. fourniture.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'furniture' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3015

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'furniture' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1947

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'furniture' in Nouns Frequency: #1229

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of furniture in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of furniture in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of furniture in a Sentence

1. Jacquelyn Mitchard:

   Cats regard people as warmblooded furniture.

2. Hamisi Bujeje:

   I am looking forward to expanding my business and attaining my dream in the furniture industry.

3. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   You cannot separate the old furniture from the memories and the memories from the old furniture!

4. Henry Ward Beecher:

   Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

   Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.

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