The meaning of Furniture

noun

A desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place.

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The property is situated in a convenient location, close to all local amenities

noun

A device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task.

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Electrical and gas appliances

noun

A device, machine, or piece of equipment, esp. an electrical one that is used in the home, such as a refrigerator or washing machine

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Electrical/home/household/kitchen appliances

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A device, machine, or piece of equipment, especially an electrical one that is used in the house, such as a cooker or washing machine

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There should be incentives for installing energy-efficient appliances., domestic/kitchen/household …

noun

An arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place.

Usage examples:

She made an appointment with my receptionist

noun

(in general use) a personal possession.

Usage examples:

There is no talk of compulsory acquisition or compensation: they are being forced to leave their ho…

noun

A change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.

Usage examples:

The lethal effects of hard drugs

verb

Cause (something) to happen; bring about.

Usage examples:

The prime minister effected many policy changes

phrase

Lighting, sounds, and objects that are specially produced for the stage or a film and are intended to make something that does not exist seem real

Usage examples:

This is a movie worth seeing for its effects alone., the film received an oscar for its special eff…

noun

The necessary items for a particular purpose.

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Suppliers of office equipment

noun

The set of tools, clothing, etc., needed for a particular activity or purpose

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Computer/electrical/farm equipment

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The machinery, tools, etc. that you need to do a job

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What are the estimated start-up costs for real estate, construction, and equipment?, industrial mac…

noun

A fixed item of furniture or piece of equipment, especially in a house.

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It was new and was at first thought to have come from redecorating work, but it matched none of the…

noun

A piece of furniture or equipment made especially for a particular room or space

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Kitchen/bathroom fitments

noun

A small part on or attached to a piece of furniture or equipment.

Usage examples:

The wooden fittings were made of walnut

adjective

Suitable or appropriate under the circumstances; right or proper.

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A fitting reward

adjective

Fitted around or to something or someone in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Loose-fitting trousers

noun

A piece of equipment or furniture which is fixed in position in a building or vehicle.

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Plumbing fixtures

noun

A piece of equipment that stays attached to a house or other building

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A light fixture, bathroom fixtures, fig. he became a fixture (= a regular feature) on television in…

noun

Something in a house that is permanently fixed, such as bathroom equipment, and that is not taken by someone when they move to a new home

Usage examples:

All fixtures and fittings are included in the house price.

noun

Furniture, fittings, and other decorative accessories such as curtains and carpets, for a house or room.

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A large room filled with fine ornaments and luxurious furnishings

plural noun

Furniture and decorative items, such as curtains and floor coverings

noun

The furniture and decorations in a room

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The home furnishings market, a store selling soft furnishings

noun

Property or possessions not including land or buildings.

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In many cases the movables are the facilities and stock-in-trade of a business

adjective

Capable of being moved.

Usage examples:

They stripped the town of all movable objects and fled

adjective

(of property) of the nature of a chattel, as distinct from land or buildings.

Usage examples:

A man of sufficient movable property but with hardly any land

noun

Miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity.

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Drills, saws, and other paraphernalia necessary for home improvements

noun

A collection of objects, esp. equipment needed for or connected with a particular activity

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Photography paraphernalia

noun

All the objects needed for or connected with a particular activity

Usage examples:

We sell pots, gloves, seeds and other gardening paraphernalia., bags of cocaine and all sorts of dr…

noun

Matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied.

Usage examples:

I prefer to buy stuff in sales

verb

Fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.

Usage examples:

An old teapot stuffed full of cash

verb

The tangible substance that goes into a physical object

noun

An object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to.

Usage examples:

Look at that metal rail thing over there

noun

A device, product, or part of nature that is not named

Usage examples:

There’s a new thing that seals plastic bags., there are some nice things in the stores on sale righ…

noun

An individual thing or person regarded as single and complete but which can also form an individual component of a larger or more complex whole.

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Large areas of land made up of smaller units

noun

A single item or a separate part of something larger

Usage examples:

The first year of the course is divided into four units., this apartment building has 60 units (= s…

noun

A single thing or separate part of something larger

Usage examples:

The training course is divided into five units, and takes place over five days., shares in the phar…