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furniture
What does furniture mean?
furniture (noun): furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use furniture in a sentence?
- They had too much furniture for the small apartment. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- There was only one piece of furniture in the room. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce furniture?
/ˈfɝnɪtʃɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does furniture come from?
From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to furnish”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to furniture
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “furniture” mean?
an advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace
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furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
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something that is representative of all such things in a group
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the front opening of a creature through which food is ingested
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