furniture ●●●●●
Oxford 5000 vocabulary |A1|SPEAKING vocabularyWRITING vocabulary fur‧ni‧ture /ˈfɜːnɪtʃə $ ˈfɜːrnɪtʃər/ noun [uncountable]
اثاثیه، وسایل خانه یا دفتر کار
اثاث خانه، سامان، اسباب، وسایل، مبل، علوم مهندسی: ابزار آهنی، معماری: مبل
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Synonyms & Related Words furniture[noun]Synonyms: household goods, appliances, fittings, furnishings, goods, possessions, things
(informal) [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionary fur‧ni‧ture S2 W3 /ˈfɜːnɪtʃə $ ˈfɜːrnɪtʃər/
noun [uncountable] [
Word Family: noun:
furnishings,
furniture;
verb:
furnish;
adjective:
furnished ≠
unfurnished]
[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: fourniture, from Old French furnir; ⇒ furnish]
large objects such as chairs, tables, beds, and cupboards:
I helped him choose the furniture for his house. I can’t think of a single piece of furniture in my house that I bought new. office furnitureGRAMMARFurniture is an uncountable noun and has no plural form. Use a singular verb after it:
The furniture was easy to transport. You can refer to one or more
pieces/items of furniture:
Some new pieces of furniture have been added. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocations furniture noun ADJ. antique, period an eighteenth-century town house, complete with period furniture
modern | fine The wood is used for making fine furniture.
cheap, second-hand | foam-filled, upholstered | bedroom, garden, office, outdoor | cane, pine, rattan, wooden, etc. QUANT. piece VERB + FURNITURE arrange, move around, rearrange The room would look bigger if we rearranged the furniture. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
Common Errors furniturenoun BAD: The room was so full of furnitures it was difficult to move.
GOOD: The room was so full of furniture it was difficult to move.
Usage Note:Furniture is an uncountable noun: 'We need some new furniture for the lounge.' 'Our showrooms up and down the country stock the latest ideas in bedroom furniture.'
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