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furniture

noun US /ˈfɜːrnɪtʃər/

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

  1. 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

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

furniture in real books

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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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