furniture
furniture Lexical Profile
furniture Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Large, movable objects, such as chairs, tables, beds, and cabinets, that are used to make a room or building suitable for living or working in.
"They visited the antique shop to find some unique wooden furniture for their new dining room."
The small accessories, mountings, or functional fittings required for a particular object or structure, such as the handles and locks on a door.
"The carpenter meticulously installed the polished brass door furniture to complete the historical restoration."
Word Nuance & Usage
In English, 'furniture' is an uncountable (mass) noun; it never takes a plural '-s', and to refer to a single item, one must use the phrase 'a piece of furniture'.
• Rhymes for furniture
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle French 'fourniture' (meaning 'act of furnishing' or 'provisions'), derived from the verb 'fournir' (to furnish), which stems from Germanic origins.