furniture
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,207 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,967 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy also: piece of furniture, article of furniture they had too much furniture for the small apartmentthere was only one piece of furniture in the room
furniture in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He has exactly grandmamma's manner of finding a general company simply furniture.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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There, evidently, every piece of furniture must have its invariable place, every object its irrevocable shelf or hook.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The furniture was knocked about, and a chest of drawers and two large trunks had been forced and broken open.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The windows were brightly curtained, and all the furniture had a look of endurance and permanence--a manly room, she thought.
The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1
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This was their true home, this room with its tinted paintings, its blue wall-paper, its pretty hangings, and its walnut furniture.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1