meaning of furniture
1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.
2. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.
3. The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc.
4. The masts and rigging of a ship.
5. The mountings of a gun.
6. Builders hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.
7. Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase.
8. A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.
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