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furniture (n.)

1520s, "act of supplying or providing," from Middle French fourniture "a supply; act of furnishing," from Old French forneture (13c.), from fornir "to furnish" (see furnish). Sense of "chairs, tables, etc.; household stuff; movables required or ornamental in a dwelling-place" (1570s) is unique to English; most other European languages derive their words for this from Latin mobile "movable."

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Definitions of furniture from WordNet

furniture (n.)
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy;
they had too much furniture for the small apartment
there was only one piece of furniture in the room
Synonyms: piece of furniture / article of furniture
From wordnet.princeton.edu