English language

How to pronounce furniture in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms article of furniture, piece of furniture
Type of furnishing
Has types dining-room furniture, dresser, etagere, fitment, hallstand, lamp, lawn furniture, nest, office furniture, press, seat, sectional, sheraton, sideboard, sleeper, table, wall unit, wardrobe, washstand, wash-hand stand, baby's bed, baby bed, bedframe, bedroom furniture, bedstead, bookcase, buffet, bureau, cabinet, chest, chest of drawers, closet, counter
Derivation furnish


they had too much furniture for the small apartment.
there was only one piece of furniture in the room.

Examples of furniture

furniture
The sisters scoured expensive furniture catalogs and picked their dream bedroom.
From the abcnews.go.com
Bushes, yard signs, lawn furniture, small trees and even some cars are entombed.
From the sacbee.com
The gas permeates everywhere, including pillows, mattresses, food and furniture.
From the sfgate.com
England also boasts quite a few specialist dealers in oak and country furniture.
From the businessweek.com
Though most furniture is made to the same sizing standards, variations do exist.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Rupy knew her chickie couldn't really use this furniture, but she could pretend.
From the latimes.com
Ford's main focus is representing more than 20 furniture and lighting designers.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A couple of rooms have lavish beds, another an assortment of oriental furniture.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Furniture experts have restored and conserved items such as the Chippendale bed.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • 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"
  • Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects ('mobile' in Latin languages) intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things. ...
  • Furniture + 2 is the most recent EP released by American post-hardcore band Fugazi. It was recorded in January and February 2001, the same time that the band was recording their last album, The Argument, and released in October 2001 on 7" and on CD.
  • Furniture was a British pop band, active from 1979 to 1991 and best known for their 1986 Top 30 hit "Brilliant Mind". ...
  • "Furniture" is a song by Amy Studt which was released as a digital download single on December 3, 2007. It is Studt's first single released on the 19 Entertainment record label. It is taken from her forthcoming album My Paper Made Men. ...
  • In typesetting, furniture is a term for pieces of wood that are shorter than the height of the type. These pieces are used to layout type by blocking out empty spaces (white space) in a layout set in a chase.
  • The harness, trappings etc. of a horse or other animal; An item, or, used collectively, items, usually in a room, which enhance the room's characteristics, functionally and/or decoratively
  • The additional items needed, which are screwed to one or both sides of the door to enable a lock or latch to be manually operated.
  • Includes living room; dining room; kitchen; bedroom; nursery; porch, lawn, and other outdoor furniture.