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# furniture

«furniture» in Mova's school dictionary: **the large movable things in a room that make it usable…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (furniture, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Furniture is the large movable things in a room that make it usable, like tables, chairs, beds, sofas and wardrobes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furniture/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: heavy furniture like bookcases and drawers should be fixed to the wall so it cannot tip over; do not climb on furniture. In maths and design lessons: measuring furniture and planning a room. In history: furniture used to be made by hand from wood. Phrases: a piece of furniture, garden furniture, school furniture, rearrange the furniture.

### examples

- We bought new furniture for my bedroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furniture/#x1)
- A chair is a piece of furniture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furniture/#x2)
- Don't climb on the furniture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furniture/#x3)
- The furniture was covered with sheets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furniture/#x4)
- Heavy furniture should be fixed to the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furniture/#x5)
- My dolls' house has tiny furniture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furniture/#x6)
- We moved the furniture to make space for dancing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furniture/#x7)
- Garden furniture stays outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furniture/#x8)
- I saw handsome furniture, many books, and a chaos of newspapers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furniture/#x9)

### note

Uncountable: never «furnitures» or «a furniture». Say «a piece of furniture» or «some furniture», and «much furniture», not «many». Verb: furnish (put furniture in a room).

### In the corpora

- [Blind dogs manage well using their noses if the furniture stays in the same place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye/11/)
- [Standing on chairs, buckets or furniture that wobble causes many falls at home, so use a proper step stool.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/22/)
- [Furniture and televisions that tip over injure many young children every year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/40-home-safety-reasoning/29/)
- [Many injuries at home come from falls and from heavy things falling on children, so windows, balconies and furniture need care.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/0/)
- [Never lean out of an upstairs window or sit on a windowsill, and keep furniture away from windows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «furniture» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furniture/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.