2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furniture \Fur"ni*ture\, n. [F. fourniture. See {Furnish}, v.
t.]
1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied;
supplies; outfit; equipment.
The form and all the furniture of the earth.
--Tillotson.
The thoughts which make the furniture of their
minds. --M. Arnold.
2. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or
apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets,
curtains, pictures, vases, etc
3. The necessary appendages to anything as to a machine, a
carriage, a ship, etc
a (Naut.) The masts and rigging of a ship.
b (Mil.) The mountings of a gun.
c Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window
trimmings.
d (Print) 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.
4. (Mus.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes
called mixture.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
furniture
n : artifacts that make a room ready for occupancy; "they had
too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was
only one piece of furniture in the room" [syn: {piece of
furniture}, {article of furniture}]
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