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furnishing

furnishing

1 3.1
An item like a sofa or table that you put in a room
  • noun
  • /ˈfɜrnɪʃɪŋ/
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  • The house was beautifully decorated with modern furnishings, including elegant sofas and stylish lamps.
  • home furnishings
  • furnishing store

And he he got rid of a lot of the furnishings and statues he went around.

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Examples

  • We can source simple items of furnishing or decor, which can trigger a memory in the person with dementia and penetrate this uncommunicative state.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The purpose of this is that these property management firms group their rental properties in terms of furnishing and size to establish their rentals, so you might want to take a look at their brochures.

    Blog text (15)
  • Andersonville is a great place to shop for your home furnishing needs.

    Blog text (24)
  • Now, most furniture and furnishings are worth very little.

  • The furnishing in the director's suite of offices was even more lavish than what they had already seen.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • They bring their own furnishings with them, and they become part of the household.

  • You don't need to settle for the same patio furniture that your neighbors are choosing at their local home furnishing store.

    Blog text (17)
  • It could've been the home furnishing department at Bloomingdale's; I had so many choices.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • In her new apartment, she carefully selected each furnishing to create a cozy and inviting atmosphere.

  • The store offers a wide range of furnishings that cater to both contemporary and traditional tastes.

Synonyms

furniture
vsfurnishing
588 1.0

Big things you move into rooms, like chairs and tables, for use in homes or offices

denotes a single movable item rather than the whole set of room items
piece of furniture
vsfurnishing
16 1.1

A single item in a room like a chair or table

includes appliances and other movable accessories beyond single chairs or tables

How Big

dining room set
  • US
2 2.1
furnishing
1 3.1
knickknack
16 4.2

Surface Forms

furnishing singular
furnishings plural

Morphology

furnishing = furnish (semi-transparent) = furnish + ing

Formed from 'furnish' + '-ing' but the sense 'an item or set of items of furniture' reflects a nominal semantic shift that is not fully predictable from the verb alone.

Etymology

Furnishing comes from the same root as the word furniture and the old French fournir meaning 'to supply'. So furnishings are the things that 'supply' a home, such as chairs, tables, curtains and other movable items that make a place livable.