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- [fur-ni-shing]
- /ˈfɜr nɪ ʃɪŋ/
- /ˈfɜː.nɪ.ʃɪŋz/
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- [fur-ni-shing]
- /ˈfɜr nɪ ʃɪŋ/
Definitions of furnishings word
- noun furnishings furnishings. furniture, carpeting, etc., for a house or room. articles or accessories of dress: men's furnishings. 1
- noun furnishings that with which anything is furnished. 1
- noun furnishings Plural form of furnishing. 1
- noun plural furnishings The furnishings of a room or house are the furniture, curtains, carpets, and decorations such as pictures. 0
- noun plural furnishings furniture and accessories, including carpets and curtains, with which a room, house, etc, is furnished 0
- noun plural furnishings articles of dress and accessories 0
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Origin of furnishings
First appearance:
before 1490 One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1490-1500; furnish + -ing1
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Parts of speech for Furnishings
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
furnishings popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
furnishings usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for furnishings
noun furnishings
- gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- provisions — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- accessories — Accessories belong to a product category in fashion stores, which includes items such as scarves, hats, gloves, belts, and purses.
- trappings — articles of equipment or dress, especially of an ornamental character.
- decor — The decor of a house or room is its style of furnishing and decoration.
Top questions with furnishings
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