FURNITURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does furniture mean? 

• FURNITURE (noun)
  The noun FURNITURE has 1 sense:

1. furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy

  Familiarity information: FURNITURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FURNITURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture

Context example:

there was only one piece of furniture in the room

Hypernyms ("furniture" is a kind of...):

furnishing ((usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable)

Domain member category:

equipped; furnished (provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority))

knockdown ((furniture) easily assembled and dismantled)

ebonise; ebonize (stain black to make it look like ebony)

cabinetry; cabinetwork (the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality))

chattel; movable; personal chattel (personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc))

rosemaling (a Scandinavian style of carved or painted decoration (as on furniture or walls or dinnerware) consisting of floral motifs)

fitment (any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture))

Americana (any artifact (such as books or furniture or art) that is distinctive of America)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "furniture"):

lawn furniture (furniture intended for use on a lawn or in a garden)

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)

closet; press; wardrobe (a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes)

wall unit (a piece of furniture having several units that stands against one wall of a room)

table (a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it)

table (a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs)

sleeper (a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed)

Sheraton (a furniture style that originated in England around 1800; simple in design with straight lines and classical ornamentation)

sectional (a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together)

seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)

office furniture (furniture intended for use in an office)

nest (furniture pieces made to fit close together)

baby's bed; baby bed (a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling)

lamp (a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs)

hallstand (a piece of furniture where coats and hats and umbrellas can be hung; usually has a mirror)

fitment (any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture))

etagere (a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments)

dining-room furniture (furniture intended for use in a dining room)

bureau; chest; chest of drawers; dresser (furniture with drawers for keeping clothes)

cabinet (a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display)

buffet; counter; sideboard (a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers)

bookcase (a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books)

bedframe; bedstead (the framework of a bed)

bedroom furniture (furniture intended for use in a bedroom)

Derivation:

furnish (provide or equip with furniture)

 Context examples 

If you don’t move, you may have a handsome piece of furniture coming, and it will change the entire look of your home.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The furniture and pictures were of the most common and vulgar description, save in the one chamber at the window of which I had seen the strange face.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Has it other furniture of the same kind within?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

We'll have the fellow round here making a row and breaking the furniture.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

It's just the place for boys, the house is big, and the furniture strong and plain.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Oh, you mean the little problem of the Grosvenor Square furniture van.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The traces of the tragedy had been removed, but the furniture within the little room still stood as it had been on the night of the crime.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One or two small rooms near the hall were open, but there was nothing to see in them except old furniture, dusty with age and moth-eaten.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

All the other furniture is plain and serviceable, you perceive.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)