furniture

noun

/ˈfɜːnɪtʃə(r)/

/ˈfɜːrnɪtʃər/

[uncountable]Idioms

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objects that can be moved, such as tables, chairs and beds, that are put into a house or an office to make it suitable for living or working in
- garden/office furniture
- a dealer in antique furniture
- a piece of furniture
- We need to buy some new furniture.
see also door furniture, street furniture
Extra Examples
- All the original furniture and fittings will be reinstated.
- The room would look bigger if we rearranged the furniture.
- The wood is used for making fine furniture.
- an 18th-century town house, complete with period furniture
Topics Houses and homesa2, Shoppinga2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- antique
- period
- contemporary
- …
… of furniture
- item
- piece
verb + furniture
- arrange
- move
- move around
- …
furniture + noun
- item
- piece
- dealer
- …
phrases
- furniture and fittings
See full entry
Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting ‘the action of furnishing’): from French fourniture, from fournir, from Old French furnir ‘to furnish’.

Idioms

part of the furniture

(informal) a person or thing that you are so used to seeing that you no longer notice them
- I worked there so long that I became part of the furniture.

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单词	furniture
释义	furniture noun /ˈfɜːnɪtʃə(r)/ /ˈfɜːrnɪtʃər/ [uncountable]Idioms jump to other results objects that can be moved, such as tables, chairs and beds, that are put into a house or an office to make it suitable for living or working in garden/office furniture a dealer in antique furniture a piece of furniture We need to buy some new furniture. see also door furniture, street furniture Extra Examples All the original furniture and fittings will be reinstated. The room would look bigger if we rearranged the furniture. The wood is used for making fine furniture. an 18th-century town house, complete with period furniture Topics Houses and homesa2, Shoppinga2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective antique period contemporary … … of furniture item piece verb + furniture arrange move move around … furniture + noun item piece dealer … phrases furniture and fittings See full entry Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting ‘the action of furnishing’): from French fourniture, from fournir, from Old French furnir ‘to furnish’. Idioms part of the furniture (informal) a person or thing that you are so used to seeing that you no longer notice them I worked there so long that I became part of the furniture. More Like This Uncountable nouns often used wronglyUncountable nouns often used wrongly accommodation advice chewing gum feedback furniture equipment information luggage news progress software
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