furniture

fur·ni·ture  (fûrn-chr)

n.

1. The movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working.

2. Archaic The necessary equipment for a saddle horse.

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[Old French fourniture, from fournir, to furnish; see furnish.]

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furniture [ˈfɜːnɪtʃə]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) the movable, generally functional, articles that equip a room, house, etc.

2. the equipment necessary for a ship, factory, etc.

3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing lengths of wood, plastic, or metal, used in assembling formes to create the blank areas and to surround the type

4. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the wooden parts of a rifle

5. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) Obsolete the full armour, trappings, etc., for a man and horse

6. the attitudes or characteristics that are typical of a person or thing the furniture of the murderer's mind

part of the furniture Informal someone or something that is so long established in an environment as to be accepted as an integral part of it he has been here so long that he is part of the furniture

8. See door furniture, street furniture

[from French fourniture, from fournir to equip, furnish]

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furniture - The furniture of a ship is its apparel, including the sails, rigging, and anchor; to apparel, in early use, meant "make ready or fit."

See also related terms for rigging.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

furniture - 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" article of furniture, piece of furniture cabinetry, cabinetwork - the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) Americana - any artifact (such as books or furniture or art) that is distinctive of America baby bed, baby's bed - a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling bedroom furniture - furniture intended for use in a bedroom bedframe, bedstead - the framework of a bed bookcase - a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books buffet, sideboard, counter - a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers cabinet - a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display chest of drawers, dresser, bureau, chest - furniture with drawers for keeping clothes dining-room furniture - furniture intended for use in a dining room etagere - a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments fitment - any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture); "she liked the kitchen fitments" furnishing - (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable hallstand - a piece of furniture where coats and hats and umbrellas can be hung; usually has a mirror lamp - a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs lawn furniture - furniture intended for use on a lawn or in a garden nest - furniture pieces made to fit close together office furniture - furniture intended for use in an office rosemaling - a Scandinavian style of carved or painted decoration (as on furniture or walls or dinnerware) consisting of floral motifs seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" sectional - a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together Sheraton - a furniture style that originated in England around 1800; simple in design with straight lines and classical ornamentation sleeper - a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed table - a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table" table - a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant" wall unit - a piece of furniture having several units that stands against one wall of a room wardrobe, closet, press - a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes wash-hand stand, washstand - furniture consisting of a table or stand to hold a basin and pitcher of water for washing: `wash-hand stand' is a British term chattel, movable, personal chattel - personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) ebonise, ebonize - stain black to make it look like ebony furnished, equipped - provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority); "a furnished apartment"; "a completely furnished toolbox"

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furniture

noun household goods, furnishings, fittings, house fittings, goods, things (informal), effects, equipment, appointments, possessions, appliances, chattels, movable property, movables Each piece of furniture suited their style of house.

Furniture

Types of furniture 
bedpost, bedstead, canopy, cheval glass, coatstand, dumbwaiter, epergne, footstool, girandole or girandola, grandfather clock, grandmother clock, hallstand, hatstand, headboard, lectern, litter, longcase clock, screen, tester, trolley, umbrella stand, vanitory or vanity unit, washstand

Furniture styles 
Art Deco, Bauhaus, Cape Dutch, Edwardian, Elizabethan, Empire, Georgian, Gothic, Greek Revival, Jacobean, Louis Quatorze, Louis Quinze, Louis Seize, Louis Treize, Medieval, New Georgian, Norman, Puritan, Queen Anne, Regency, Restoration, Saxon, Second Empire, Shaker, Tudor, Victorian, William and Mary

Furniture designers 
Alvar Aalto (Finnish), Robert Adam (Scottish) (Harry Bertoia) (Italian), Charles Bevan (English), Marcel Lajos Breuer (U.S.), Marcel Lajos Breuer (Hungarian-U.S.), William Burges (English), Thomas Chippendale (English) (Donald Deskey) (U.S.) (Charles Eames) (U.S.), Ambrose Heal (English), George Hepplewhite (English), Inigo Jones (English), William Jones (English), William Kent (English), Kaara Klint (Danish), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Scottish), Daniel Marot (French), William Morris (English), Michael Angelo Pergolesi (Italian), Duncan Phyfe (Scottish-U.S.), Augustus Pugin (English), Thomas Sheraton (English), George Smith (English), Charles Voysey (English)

Translations

furniture [ˈfɜːnɪtʃəʳ]

A. N → muebles mpl, mobiliario m
a piece of furniture → un mueble
part of the furniture (fig) → parte f de la casa or del mobiliario

B. CPD furniture mover N (US) = furniture remover furniture polish N → cera f para muebles
furniture remover N → compañía f de mudanzas
furniture shop N → tienda f de muebles
furniture van N → camión m de mudanzas

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furniture [ˈfɜː^rnɪtʃə^r] n

→ meubles mpl, mobilier m
piece of furniture → meuble m

to be part of the furniture (humorous) [person, thing] → faire partie des meubles
furniture mover n (US) → déménageur m
furniture polish n → encaustique f
furniture remover n → déménageur m
furniture shop n → magasin m d'ameublement
furniture van n → camion m de déménagement

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furniture

n → Möbel pl; a piece of furniture → ein Möbelstück nt; I must buy some furniture → ich muss Möbel kaufen; one settee and three chairs were all the furniture we had → unsere Einrichtung bestand nur aus einem Sofa und drei Stühlen; if I stay here much longer, I’ll become a part of the furniture → wenn ich noch viel länger hierbleibe, gehöre ich bald zum Inventar

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furniture:

furniture depository, furniture depot (US)

n → Möbellager nt

furniture remover

n → Möbelspediteur m

furniture van

n (Brit) → Möbelwagen m

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furniture [ˈfɜːnɪtʃəʳ] n → mobili mpl, mobilia
a piece of furniture → un mobile
to be part of the furniture (fig) (fam) → confondersi con la tappezzeria

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furniture → أثاث nábytek møbler Möbel έπιπλα mobiliario huonekalut meubles namještaj mobili 家具 가구 meubels møbel meble mobília мебель möbler เครื่องเรือน mobilya đồ đạc 家具