furniture

noun fur·ni·ture \ ˈfər-ni-chər \

|Updated on: 21 Jun 2018

Examples: furniture in a Sentence

Definition of furniture

: equipment that is necessary, useful, or desirable: such as

a archaic : the trappings of a horse

b : movable articles used in readying an area (such as a room or patio) for occupancy or use

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Examples of furniture in a Sentence

They bought some new furniture for the house.
The office furniture is wearing out.
a large piece of furniture

Recent Examples of furniture from the Web

Instead of couches and other furniture, the mobile lab has storage boxes, 13 workstations, soldering equipment, a borescope that can find defects in pipes, 3D printing equipment and devices that measure fatigue in materials.

— stephen singer, courant.com, "Goodwin College Mobile Classroom Hits The Road To Pitch Connecticut Students On Manufacturing," 18 June 2018
On Medicaid, Rogers also received vouchers for furniture.

— laura a. hobson, Cincinnati.com, "Interfaith Hospitality Network: A circle of community concern," 17 June 2018
While making a furniture run, for example, with a friend — Danny had mothballed a bedroom set at his mother’s house and needed a hand getting it into his truck.

— Longreads, "The Cold War and its Fallout," 16 June 2018
Lumber mills that specialized in ash products are closing or converting as demand drops among furniture makers, tool manufacturers and, notably, major-league baseball players.

— frank fitzpatrick, Philly.com, "Ashes of an industry: A Pennsylvania tradition is dying, one baseball bat at a time," 14 June 2018
Several companies have recently announced plans to phase out use of plastic bags and straws, including McDonald's stores in the U.K. and Swedish furniture maker Ikea.

— CBS News, "SeaWorld removes single-use plastic bags, straws from theme parks," 8 June 2018
At last year’s conference, U.S.-based Muddy Waters suggested shorting furniture-maker Man Wah, while Dan David —CIO of FG Alpha Management—recommended a similar strategy with Dali Foods .

— jacky wong, WSJ, "Hong Kong’s Stock Market Is Running Short of Integrity," 30 May 2018
The Upper Kirby area is soon to be home to Giorgetti Houston, the first totally branded real estate project for Giorgetti, the 120-year-old Italian furniture maker.

— valerie sweeten, Houston Chronicle, "On the Market — Condo Life: Construction under way at Giorgetti," 27 May 2018
During a visit to a shrine in rural Shimane prefecture in western Japan, Yoshioka, a retired furniture maker, forgot to set the parking brake, spooking his wife, Kazuko, when the car drifted backward.

— motoko rich, BostonGlobe.com, "Japan moves to ease aging drivers out of their cars," 12 May 2018

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