case goods
plural noun
1
: furniture (such as bureaus or bookcases) that provides interior storage space
also
: dining-room and bedroom furniture sold as sets
2
: products often sold by the case
Examples of case goods in a Sentence
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Not limited to upholstery only, tufting is also being incorporated into the fronts of case goods such as dressers, buffets and chests.
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Vicki Payne, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
For case goods, such as dressers, bookcases and buffets, that means making sure the wood tone and stain are in the same family.
—Marissa Hermanson, Washington Post, 26 July 2022
The company is also experiencing gross margin benefits from the recent consolidation of case goods manufacturing.
—Moneyshow, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
White suggests stretching your dollars by shopping at local thrift stores or community yard sales for case goods like dressers, credenzas, and coffee tables.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 Aug. 2021
The series includes outdoor furniture, lighting, and case goods that exude classic midcentury good looks while feeling utterly contemporary.
—Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 25 Mar. 2021
Those pieces include a reissue of McCobb’s 1951 Pavilion outdoor collection, his Exposior lighting series of the same year, and Connoisseur, a svelte case goods line from 1954.
—Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 25 Mar. 2021
Jim Axelrod: Nobody knows the case better than you.
—CBS News, 19 Oct. 2019
Try interesting shapes when choosing case goods, lighting, and accessories.
—Sophia Vassiliou, Houston Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2019
Vicki Payne, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
For case goods, such as dressers, bookcases and buffets, that means making sure the wood tone and stain are in the same family.
—Marissa Hermanson, Washington Post, 26 July 2022
The company is also experiencing gross margin benefits from the recent consolidation of case goods manufacturing.
—Moneyshow, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
White suggests stretching your dollars by shopping at local thrift stores or community yard sales for case goods like dressers, credenzas, and coffee tables.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 Aug. 2021
The series includes outdoor furniture, lighting, and case goods that exude classic midcentury good looks while feeling utterly contemporary.
—Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 25 Mar. 2021
Those pieces include a reissue of McCobb’s 1951 Pavilion outdoor collection, his Exposior lighting series of the same year, and Connoisseur, a svelte case goods line from 1954.
—Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 25 Mar. 2021
Jim Axelrod: Nobody knows the case better than you.
—CBS News, 19 Oct. 2019
Try interesting shapes when choosing case goods, lighting, and accessories.
—Sophia Vassiliou, Houston Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2019
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First Known Use
1849, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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