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furniture noun [ ˈfəːnɪtʃə ]

• the movable articles that are used to make a room or building suitable for living or working in, such as tables, chairs, or desks.
Similar: furnishings, house fittings, fittings, fitments, movables, fixtures, appointments, appliances, effects, chattels, amenities, units, equipment, paraphernalia, stuff, things,
• the small accessories or fittings that are required for a particular task or function.
• "the more sophisticated Mac furniture—number wheels, colour pickers, and so on"
Similar: furnishings, house fittings, fittings, fitments, movables, fixtures, appointments, appliances, effects, chattels, amenities, units, equipment, paraphernalia, stuff, things,
Origin: early 16th century (denoting the action of furnishing): from French fourniture, from fournir, from Old French furnir ‘to furnish’.

part of the furniture

• a person or thing that has been somewhere so long as to seem a permanent, unquestioned, or invisible feature of the landscape.
"I worked for him for so long I became part of the furniture"



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