'Furniture' definitions:
Definition of 'furniture'
From: WordNet
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" [syn: furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture]
Definition of 'Furniture'
From: GCIDE
- Furniture \Fur"ni*ture\, n. [F. fourniture. See Furnish, v. t.]
- 1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment. [1913 Webster]
- The form and all the furniture of the earth. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- The thoughts which make the furniture of their minds. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mus.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture. [1913 Webster]