mahogany furniture
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- noun
- /məˈhɑɡəni ˈfɜrnɪtʃər/
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muebles de caoba
- They walked on to the second area, the ancestral hall, an enormous room that, in her house by the canal, had contained the ancestral tablets and many sets of highly polished mahogany furniture.
Examples
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The bird swooped down the long corridor to the bedrooms, past my parents' bedroom with the pink wallpaper and the mahogany furniture that had been in my mother's own summer house when she was a girl, past the bedrooms of my sisters and my father's study, and all the way to the far end and to my own bedroom.
Fiction book (2002) -
We even get a pair of slippers, lovely mahogany furniture, and then if we look out the front, you can't really see much, but you can see a little bit.
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"He used to be an attorney." "I think everyone here is an attorney," Billie said, brightening to the word, thinking no doubt of leather-bound books and mahogany furniture.
Fiction book (1991) -
Although it contained the solidly made, official-looking mahogany furniture invariably found in the houses of Nigerian government officers, enough personal items had been added to make it bright and pleasant, even perhaps a trifle exotic.
Fiction book (1994) -
The elegant dining room was adorned with exquisite mahogany furniture, showcasing its rich reddish-brown color.
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Many high-end restaurants choose mahogany furniture for its durability and timeless appeal.
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She spent hours polishing the mahogany furniture in her living room, making it shine beautifully.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'furniture made from mahogany wood' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'mahogany' (a type of hardwood) with 'furniture' (large household items). This simple noun + noun/specifier composition is compositional and common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Mahogany furniture comes from the use of mahogany wood, a strong reddish-brown wood from warm countries, to make fine furniture. Because this wood looks rich and lasts a long time, Mahogany furniture now means pieces that are stylish and 'durable'.