Furniture

Definition: Furniture

Furniture

Noun

1. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "furniture" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Furniture \Fur"ni*ture\, noun. [French expression fourniture. See Furnish, transitive verb]. (references)

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Business

Fine Arts

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Furniture

Instrument

Gear; tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances; plant, materiel; harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments; barde; equipment, equipmentage; appointments, furniture, upholstery; chattels; paraphernalia; (belongings).

Mart

Tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer.

Crosswords: Furniture

Well, I guess all the furniture would be a lot closer to the walls (Monk; writing credit: Andy Breckman; David Breckman)

Somehow those reasons are never spoken of. To the Western world at that time, Japan was a fairybook nation: little people living in a strange land of rice-paper houses people who had almost no furniture, who sat on the floor and ate with chopsticks (Conquest of Space; writing credit: Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley)

The freaking furniture just attacked us (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

I mean, look at this set. We had to sell most of our furniture to Quinn Martin Productions -- bastard (The Last Episode; writing credit: David Giammarco; Jeff Cowan)

Well, there's no furniture up there either (The Omen; writing credit: David Seltzer)

Furniture oh, it's peculiar, she used to be so nice (Take The Long Way Home; performing artist: Supertramp)

Foot: A device for finding furniture in the dark. (references; author: unknown)

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. (references; author: unknown)

J. Roy: New and Used Furniture (1974)

The Family's Taste in Modern Furniture (1915)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Polishes and Creams for Footwear, Furniture and Floors in Mauritius (reference)

• Airsprung Furniture Group Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Baroque Furniture Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Bassett Furniture Industries Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Borneo International Furniture: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Tole-Painted Garden Furniture (reference)

• More Twig Mosaic Furniture (reference)

• Decorative Americana Cut and Use Stencils for Trays, Furniture, Walls and Other Objects (reference)

• Hidden Treasures: Searching for Masterpieces of American Furniture (reference)

• Thonet: Classic Furniture in Bent Wood and Tubular Steel (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• American Furniture (reference)

• American Furniture And Decorations (reference)

• Decorative Arts & Antique Furniture (reference)

• Directory To The Furniture & Furnishing Industry (reference)

• European & American Furniture & Decorations & Asian Works Of Art (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Basic Furniture Making (Master Miniaturists) (reference)

• Fine Furniture Finishing, Volume 1 (reference)

• Repairing Furniture (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Alone in a Furniture Warehouse Scaring You Away Like a Hotel Mattress (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Sanus Systems M13 Italia Wall Furniture (White) (reference)

• Sanus Systems M20 Italia Wall Furniture (Black) (reference)

• Sanus Systems AFA Accurate Furniture Audio Stand (Black) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Moving Men 8-Piece Furniture Slider Set (reference)

• Gerber Industries MDB04 Mediterranean Furniture Legs (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

USN Medical Supply Storehouse NO. 3 : Office Space- Office furniture supplied on original maintenance requisition. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Education of the Wounded. : Learn furniture repairing. / Dean. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Interior view of room showing chandelier, decorative arch, fireplace, and furniture. Credit: Library of Congress.

People in rowboat with furniture. Credit: Library of Congress.

Have the old furniture repaired : if you can't, split it into kindling wood. Credit: Library of Congress.

Furniture in street during race riot, probably due to eviction, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1921] / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Alvin C. Krupnick Co., Tulsa, Okla..

Street scene in Mullins, South Carolina, with Pee Dee Hardware & Furniture Company in left foreground. Credit: Library of Congress.

Phoenix Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress.

Furniture manufacturing convention. Credit: Library of Congress.

Furniture building shop, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The damage for repairing, reconstructing and rebuilding property in the invaded and devastated districts, including reinstallation of furniture, machinery and other equipment, will be calculated according to the cost at the dates when the work is done. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The nature and the simplicity of gentlemen and ladies, with their servants and furniture, I think is best observed by meals within doors

The rest of the Saloon had been cleared of furniture, to make room for the guests

The furniture was not the same, and the figure in the chair was not himself

The apartments contained all necessary furniture.

The furniture had been hustled out through the front garden which was strewn with wisps of straw and rope ends and into the huge vans at the gate

The kitchen was empty of furniture, stove gone and the round stovepipe hole in the wall showing light

Furniture! Thank God, I can sit and I can stand without the aid of a furniture warehouse

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Vacuum the floor and furniture. (references)

Try not to sleep or lie on cloth-covered cushions or furniture. (references)

No. Vacuuming floors and furniture is enough to treat the household. (references)

Business

American style bedroom furniture is also in demand. (references)

Domestic office furniture demand is growing steadily. (references)

Two local furniture trade shows in Jeddah and Riyadh. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bangladesh

The attackers destroyed the journalist's camera, fax machine, and furniture, and stole money. (references)

Bangladesh

On March 8, police officers raided the newspaper's office, threatening journalists and damaging furniture. (references)

Iran

In September and October 1998, government officers plundered more than 500 Baha'i homes throughout the country and seized personal household effects, such as furniture and appliances. (references)

Economic History

Mexico

Most specialize in wooden furniture (rustic pine and mahagony). (references)

Brazil

Wood from such forests is also used in the production of furniture. (references)

Japan

Japan's consumers buy American products ranging from music to furniture. (references)

Human Rights

Guyana

Few have beds, washbasins, furniture, or utensils. (references)

Lithuania

They manufacture furniture, shoes, and electric appliances (mostly for the domestic market). (references)

Minorities

Moldova

The Ministry of Education and the Romanian Government supplied books to the school and the UNHCR provided furniture and vehicles. (references)

Political Economy

NORWAY

They complain about the unauthorized reproduction of furniture and appliance designs and the sale of the resultant goods in other countries, with no compensation to the Norwegian innovator. (references)

Trade

Argentina

B- The following example illustrates the import of plastic furniture (HS 9403.90.00) by a private company, for resale. (references)

Liberia

Most luxury items, including electronic equipment, furniture, clothes, and alcoholic beverages are charged a 25 percent duty tax. (references)

Worker Rights

Egypt

However, children also work in tanneries, auto repair workshops, and carpet and furniture factories in Cairo and Alexandria. (references)

Belgium

In December Irish authorities discovered eight illegal Turkish immigrants dead in a truck container carrying office furniture. (references)

Yugoslavia

For example, one furniture manufacturer employs 800 workers but, aside from their salaries, the factory workers receive no other benefits. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "furniture": a piece of furniture ♦ article of furniture ♦ bedroom furniture ♦ diningroom furniture ♦ furniture bug ♦ furniture company ♦ furniture factory ♦ furniture industry ♦ furniture maker ♦ furniture making ♦ furniture packer ♦ furniture picture ♦ furniture polish ♦ furniture removal ♦ furniture remover ♦ furniture repository ♦ furniture stop ♦ furniture van ♦ general merchandise,apparel,and furniture ♦ household furniture ♦ item of furniture ♦ lawn furniture ♦ metal furniture ♦ move a piece of furniture ♦ occasional furniture ♦ office furniture ♦ office furniture and equipment ♦ osier furniture ♦ patio furniture ♦ period furniture ♦ piece of furniture ♦ piece of furniture with shelves ♦ rattan furniture ♦ remove the furniture from ♦ rent furniture ♦ reproduction furniture ♦ sectional furniture ♦ set of furniture ♦ stick of furniture ♦ the furniture of one's mind ♦ the furniture of one's pocket ♦ unit furniture ♦ upholstered furniture ♦ used furniture ♦ vanload of furniture ♦ walnut furniture ♦ wicker furniture ♦ wood furniture. Additional references.

Beginning with "furniture": furniture-cleaning, furniture-maker, furniture-makers, furniture-making, furniture-manufacturing, furniture-sculpture, furniture-vetting, furniture-window.

Ending with "furniture": camp-furniture, ex-furniture, face-furniture, flexi-furniture, horse-furniture, Kitchen-furniture, rout-furniture, seat-furniture.

Afrikaans

ameublement. (various references)

Albanian

takëm (cutlery, harness, kidney, kit, movables, rig, service, table ware, tackle, trappings), pajime (equipment, gear, kit, outfit, trappings, turn out), orendi (appointments, furnishings, implements, tools), mobilje (furnishings), mbushës (cement, charger, expletive, primer), aparaturë (equipment). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فرش (brush, furnishing, relay), ‏تساكير, ‏أثاث. (various references)

Basque

moble. (various references)

Bulgarian 

гарнитура (dressing, fixings, garnish, garniture, set, suite, trimming), мебелировка (equipments, furnishings), мебели (joinery), мебел (fitment), екипировка (equipments, fixings, habiliment, kit, outfit, turnout), прибори (fixings, things), покъщнина (furnishings, household goods), инвентар (inventory, list, schedule, stock). (various references)

Chamorro

trastes halom guma'. (various references)

Chinese 

家俱 . (various references)

Czech

nábytek. (various references)

Danish

møbler, indbo (accommodation, arrangement). (various references)

Dutch

inboedel, huisraad, ameublement. (various references)

Esperanto

mebloj, meblaro. (various references)

Faeroese

innbúgv (inside, piece of furniture), húsbúni (piece of furniture), húsbúnaður (piece of furniture). (various references)

Finnish

sisustus (fittings, fixtures, furnishings), kalusto (equipment, fixtures, implements, outfit), kalusteet, huonekalut, huonekalusto. (various references)

French

mobilier (furnisher, set of furniture), meubles, ameublement (furnishing, furnishings). (various references)

Frisian

húsrie. (various references)

German

Möbel (piece of furniture). (various references)

Greek 

έπιπλα (furnishing, movables). (various references)

Hebrew 

רהיטים, רהוט (fluent, furnishing, voluble). (various references)

Hungarian

bútor, berendezés (accommodation, apparatus, appliance, appointments, arrangement, arresting device, contrivance, decoder, device, disposition, equipment, facilities, fitment, furnishing, installation, machinery, organization, plant, pulling device, retarder, rigging, set, setting-up, setup, tackle). (various references)

Icelandic

innbú. (various references)

Indonesian

mebel. (various references)

Italian

mobili (furnishings, mobile), mobilio (suite), mobilia. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

調度 (fixtures, supplies), 装束 (costume, interior decoration, landscaping, personal appearance), フーゼル油 (far, Far East, farce, farm, farm stay, fast, fast back, fast break, fast food, fiber, fiberboard, fiberglass, fiberscope, fibre, fight, fight money, fighter, fighting spirit, file, filename, filesystem, filing system, final, final set, finance, fire, fire alarm, fire insurance, fire storm, fireman, fireproof, firewall, firm, firm banking, firmware, first, first impression, first lady, first run, first-class, first-name, five-star, food, food processor, Fourier, fur, fur coat, fusel oil, hood, hoop, pharmacy, purse, whodunit), 家具 , 家什 (fixtures), 建具 , 什物 (fixtures, treasure, utensil), 什器 (appliance, utensil). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たてぐ, ファーニチャー , そうぞく (costume, inheritance, interior decoration, landscaping, one's family or clan, personal appearance, priests and laymen, succession), しょうぞく (costume, interior decoration, landscaping, personal appearance), かじゅう (aggravation, attendant, butler, excellent poem, fixtures, fruit juice, load, overweight, steward, weight, weighting), かぐ (to smell, to sniff), じゅうもつ (fixtures, treasure, utensil), じゅうき (appliance, heavy machine gun, hollyhock, invaluable person, small arms, treasure, utensil), ちょうど (exactly, fixtures, just, right, supplies). (various references)

Korean 

가구 (household). (various references)

Manx

stoo thie, cooid hie (furnishings). (various references)

Norwegian

innbo. (various references)

Occitan

mòble. (various references)

Papiamen

mueble (piece of furniture). (various references)

Pig Latin

urniturefay.(various references)

Polish

mebel (piece of furniture). (various references)

Portuguese

mobiliário, movéis, mobília (appointments, furnishings, movables, suite). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

móveis (pieces of furniture). (various references)

Romanian

unealtã (cat's paw, creature, dummy, implement, instrument, minister, pawn, puppet, tackle, thing, tool, utensil), mobilier (fitting, furnishings), mobilã (a piece of furniture, fitting), inventar (inventory, list, schedule, stock in trade), echipament (accoutrement, accoutrements, appointment, equipage, equipment, fig, furnishings, harness, kit, outfit, stock in trade, tool), conţinut (content, contents, enclosure, essence, gut, matter, significance, substance, tenor, volume). (various references)

Romansch

mobiglia. (various references)

Russian 

гарнитура (fittings, garniture), мебель;обстановка, мебель (furnuture, piece of furniture), инвентарь (inventory, stock, stock in trade). (various references)

Scottish

uigheam (accoutrements, instruments), eàirneis, airneis, àirneis. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nameštaj (furnishing). (various references)

Sicilian

mobbili. (various references)

Spanish

mobiliario (appointments, furnishing, furnishings, suite). (various references)

Swedish

möblemang, möbler (furnishings, movables), bohag (household goods). (various references)

Thai

เครื่องเรือน. (various references)

Turkish

mobilya (fitment, furnishings), malzeme (apparatus, findings, furnishing, ingredient, instruments, kit, makings, material, materiel, necessaries, outfit, provisions, requisite, stock, topping, turnout, utensil), möble, ev eşyası (effects), eşya (appointments, article, belongings, bulk, commodity, gear, goods, property, stuff, thing, traps, ware). (various references)

Turkmen 

mebel. (various references)

Ukrainian

фурнітура (appointments), вміст (contents), меблі. (various references)

Welsh

dodrefnyn, celficyn (baggage, gear, tool). (various references)

instrumentem, supellectile, supellectilem, supellectili, supellectilis, supellex, supellex supellectilis, supellex, supellectilis, super, suppellex, suppellex suppellectilus, suppellex, suppellectilus. (various references)

estoffe. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "furniture": furnitures. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Furniture" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: feruntur, fioriture, forniture, fourniture, furnature, furniature, furnitures. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: fruiter, nurture, runtier, turfier, untruer.

-3 letters: future, return, ruiner, triune, turner, uniter, untrue.

-4 letters: feint, finer, firer, frier, fruit, inert, infer, inter, inure, niter, nitre, refit, rerun, rifer, rutin, trier, trine, truer, tuner, unfit, unite, untie, urine, uteri.

-5 letters: etui, fern, fine, fire, firn, fret, frit, neif, nite, reft, reif, rein, rent, rife, rift.

+1 letter: furnitures.

+5 letters: infrastructure.