furniture
noun
fur·ni·ture
ˈfər-ni-chər 
: equipment that is necessary, useful, or desirable: such as
a
archaic
: the trappings of a horse
b
: movable articles used in readying an area (such as a room or patio) for occupancy or use
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Examples of furniture in a Sentence
They bought some new furniture for the house.
The office furniture is wearing out.
a large piece of furniture
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Ikea The Swedish furniture retailer is giving away frozen yogurt at its bistros on Election Day.
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Amazon One of our favorite kids furniture collabs right now is on Amazon, courtesy of DaVinci and kid’s fashion brand Carter’s.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
For The Offering, furniture designer Nicole Crowder and artist Hadiya Williams constructed a memorial to the Great Migration, in which about six million Black Americans from Southern states moved to the North, West and Midwest of the country between 1910 and 1970.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
One of the things that’s really nice about it is that the new version is not a whole lot more complicated than Ikea furniture.
—Jorge Just, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Amazon One of our favorite kids furniture collabs right now is on Amazon, courtesy of DaVinci and kid’s fashion brand Carter’s.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
For The Offering, furniture designer Nicole Crowder and artist Hadiya Williams constructed a memorial to the Great Migration, in which about six million Black Americans from Southern states moved to the North, West and Midwest of the country between 1910 and 1970.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
One of the things that’s really nice about it is that the new version is not a whole lot more complicated than Ikea furniture.
—Jorge Just, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Furniture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/furniture. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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furniture
noun
fur·ni·ture
ˈfər-ni-chər
: movable articles (as chairs, tables, or beds) used in making a room ready for use
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