furnitre -
n. 1 the movable equipment of a house, room, etc., e.g. tables, chairs, and beds.
2 Naut. a ship's equipment, esp. tackle etc.
3 accessories, e.g. the handles and
lock of a door.
4 Printing pieces of wood or metal placed round or between type to make blank spaces and fasten the matter in the chase.
furniture beetle a beetle, Anobium punctatum, the larvae of which bore into wood (see WOODWORM ). furniture van a large van used to move furniture from one house to another. part of the furniture colloq. a person or thing taken for granted. [F fourniture f. fournir (as FURNISH)]
