Meaning

19 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.

    The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.

    How much furniture did they leave behind?

    Möbel, Möbelstück, Mobiliar

    ме́бельmébelʹ, предме́т ме́белиpredmét mébeli

    ме́бліmébli

  2. (uncountable, usually)The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal.

    Geschirr, Zaumzeug, Prunkgeschirr

  3. (uncountable, usually)Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.

    Beschläge, Beschlag

  4. (uncountable, usually)The stock and forearm of a weapon.

  5. (historical, uncountable, usually)The pieces of wood or metal put around pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase.

  6. (slang, uncountable, usually)The stumps.

  7. (uncountable, usually)Any material on the page other than the body text and pictures of articles; for example, headlines, datelines and dinkuses, lines and symbols (though in earlier use, only non-text elements of page design, such as lines and symbols).

  8. (uncountable, usually)A type of mixture organ stop.

  9. (uncountable, usually)Impressive-looking books used for filling out the collection of a private library.

  10. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)An accompanying enhancing feature, or features collectively; embellishment, decoration, trimming.

  11. (archaic, uncountable, usually)Draped coverings and hangings; bedsheets, tablecloths, tapestries, etc.

  12. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)Clothing with which a person is furnished; apparel, outfit.

More definitions
  • furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy

Examples

388 sentences
  1. We had a lot of furniture.

    У нас було багато меблів. — deniko

    ruУ нас было много мебели. — sharptoothed

    deWir hatten eine Menge Möbel. — Espi

  2. I helped Tom move the furniture.

    Я допоміг Тому пересунути меблі. — deniko

    ruЯ помог Тому передвинуть мебель. — marafon

  3. Tom helped Mary dust the furniture.

    Том допоміг Мері протерти пилюку з меблів. — zeusfsx

    deTom half Maria, den Staub von den Möbeln zu wischen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. There is too much furniture in the house.

    В будинку забагато меблів. — ChickenKiev

    ruВ доме слишком много мебели. — marafon

  5. There is a lot of furniture in this room.

    У цій кімнаті багато меблів. — deniko

    ruВ этой комнате много мебели. — odexed

    deIn diesem Raum stehen viele Möbel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
large movable items:
Русский
By meaning 1
large movable items:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
large movable items:
harness, trappings etc. of an animal:
fittings of a wooden item:

Origin

From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to fu

From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to furnish”).

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Forms

plural: furnitures
Singularfurniture

uncountable

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

22 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • some new furniture
  • furniture in the
  • move the furniture
  • move some furniture
  • new furniture
  • much furniture in
  • the furniture in
  • lot of furniture
  • no furniture in
  • furniture in this
  • some furniture
  • old furniture

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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