furniture

1. (now usually uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.Examples: "The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet."; "How much furniture did they leave behind?"; "A chair is furniture. Sofas are also furniture."uncountableusually

2. (obsolete) An accompanying enhancing feature, or features collectively; embellishment, decoration, trimming.Examples: "A Scythian Shepherd, so imbelliſhed With Natures pride, and richeſt furniture? His looks do menace heauen & dare the Gods, His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth."obsoleteuncountableusually

3. (firearms) The stock and forearm of a weapon.uncountableusually

4. (printing, historical) The pieces of wood or metal put around pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase.historicaluncountableusually

5. (cricket, slang) The stumps.slanguncountableusually

6. (journalism) Any material on the page other than the body text and pictures of articles; for example, headlines, datelines and dinkuses, lines and symbols (though in earlier use, only non-text elements of page design, such as lines and symbols).Examples: "It read: “This article was amended on 3 January 2023. The original furniture said the fireworks display was on Christmas Eve.”"uncountableusually