Word: furniture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to furnish”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː.nɪ.t͡ʃə/, /ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/ 1. Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet. Example: How much furniture did they leave behind? 2. The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We commend a horse because he is strong and nimble,[…]and not for his furniture: a greyhound for his swiftnesse, not for his collar: a hawke for her wing, not for her cranes or bells. Example: Amongst the rich this part of a hawk's furniture is ornamented with embroidery, handsome silver aigrettes, tassels and other decorations. 3. Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […]a new universal pistol, one to be carried by each man, with a 9-inch barrel of musket-bore and an iron ramrod carried in the holster; the furniture was reduced to just a brass trigger guard (no butt-plate), and some were fitted with Nock's lock. 4. An accompanying enhancing feature, or features collectively; embellishment, decoration, trimming. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: A Scythian Shepherd, so imbelliſhed With Natures pride, and richeſt furniture? His looks do menace heauen & dare the Gods, His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. 5. The stock and forearm of a weapon. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. The pieces of wood or metal put around pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually 7. The stumps. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually 8. Any material on the page other than the body text and pictures of articles; for example, headlines, datelines and dinkuses, lines and symbols (though in earlier use, only non-text elements of page design, such as lines and symbols). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It read: “This article was amended on 3 January 2023. The original furniture said the fireworks display was on Christmas Eve.” 9. A type of mixture organ stop. Labels: uncountable, usually 10. Draped coverings and hangings; bedsheets, tablecloths, tapestries, etc. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually 11. Clothing with which a person is furnished; apparel, outfit. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 12. Arms and armor, equipment of war. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 13. Equipment for work, apparatus, tools, instruments. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually 14. Condiments of a salad. Labels: in-plural, obsolete, uncountable, usually 15. Stock, supply, stores, provisions. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 16. Contents; that with which something is filled or stocked. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 17. Impressive-looking books used for filling out the collection of a private library. Labels: uncountable, usually 18. The action of furnishing or supplying. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 19. The condition of being equipped, prepared, or mentally cultivated. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually