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Furniture - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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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" [syn: piece of furniture, article of furniture]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Furniture : \Fur"ni*ture\, n. [F. fourniture. See Furnish, v.
t.]
1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied;
supplies; outfit; equipment.
The form and all the furniture of the earth.
--Tillotson.
The thoughts which make the furniture of their
minds. --M. Arnold.
2. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or
apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets,
curtains, pictures, vases, etc.
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.
4. (Mus.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes
called mixture.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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FURNITURE. Personal chattels in the use of a family. By the term household
Furniture : in a will, all personal chattels will pass which may contribute to
the use or convenience of the householder, or the ornament of the house; as,
plate, linen, china, both useful and ornamental, and pictures. Amb. 610; 1
John. Ch. R. 329, 388; 1 Sim. & Stu. 189; S. C. 3 Russ. Ch. Cas. 301; 2
Williams on Ex. 752; 1 Rop. on Leg. 203-4; 3 Ves. 312, 313.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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