English-Thai Dictionary

furniture

N เครื่องเรือน  เครื่องตกแต่ง บ้าน  เฟอร์นิเจอร์  krueng-ruan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FURNITURE

n. 1. Goods, vessels, utensils and other appendages necessary or convenient for housekeeping; whatever is added to the interior of a house or apartment, for use or convenience.
2. Appendages; that which is added for use or ornament; as the earth with all its furniture.
3. Equipage; ornaments; decorations; in a very general sense.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FURNITURE

Fur "ni *ture, n. Etym: [F. fourniture. See Furnish, v. t.]

 

1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment. The form and all the furniture of the earth. Tillotson. The thoughts which make the furniture of their minds. M. Arnold.

 

2. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.

 

3. The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc. (a ) (Naut. ) The masts and rigging of a ship. (b ) (Mil. ) The mountings of a gun. (c ) Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings. (d ) (Print ) Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase.

 

4. (Mus. )

 

Defn: A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

furniture

fur ni ture |ˈfərniCHər ˈfərnɪtʃər | ▶noun 1 large movable equipment, such as tables and chairs, used to make a house, office, or other space suitable for living or working. 2 [ usu. with adj. or noun modifier ] small accessories or fittings for a particular use or piece of equipment: computer hardware, software, and furniture. • the mountings of a rifle. • Printing pieces of wood or metal placed around or between metal type to make blank spaces and fasten the matter in the chase. PHRASES part of the furniture informal a person or thing that has been somewhere so long as to seem a permanent, unquestioned, or invisible feature. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (denoting the action of furnishing ): from French fourniture, from fournir, from Old French furnir ‘to furnish. ’

 

furniture beetle

fur ¦ni |ture bee ¦tle ▶noun a small brown beetle, the larva of which (the woodworm ) bores holes in dead wood and causes considerable damage to old furniture and building timbers. ●Anobium punctatum, family Anobiidae.

 

Oxford Dictionary

furniture

fur ¦ni |ture |ˈfəːnɪtʃə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the movable articles that are used to make a room or building suitable for living or working in, such as tables, chairs, or desks. 2 [ usu. with adj. or noun modifier ] the small accessories or fittings that are required for a particular task or function. • the mountings of a rifle. • Printing pieces of wood or metal placed round or between metal type to make blank spaces and fasten the type in the chase. PHRASES part of the furniture informal a person or thing that has been somewhere so long as to seem a permanent, unquestioned, or invisible feature of the landscape. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (denoting the action of furnishing ): from French fourniture, from fournir, from Old French furnir ‘to furnish ’.

 

furniture beetle

fur ¦ni |ture bee ¦tle ▶noun a small brown beetle, the larva of which (the woodworm ) bores holes in dead wood and causes considerable damage to old furniture and building timbers. ●Anobium punctatum, family Anobiidae.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

furniture

furniture noun most of the bedroom furniture is mahogany: furnishings, fittings, movables, appointments, effects; Law chattels; informal stuff, things.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

furniture

furniture noun furnishings, house fittings, fittings, fitments, movables, fixtures, appointments, appliances, effects, chattels, amenities, units, equipment, paraphernalia; informal stuff, things.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

furniture

fur ni ture /fə́ː r nɪtʃə r /〖「furnish (供給する )ure (こと )」＞「家具 」〗名詞 U 〖集合的に 〗1 家具 , 調度品 (!(1 )机 いす 掛け [置き ]時計 テーブル たんす ベッドなど, 室内にあって動かせる物; 家電製品なども含まれる. (2 )数える時は a piece [an article, an item ] of ～; 具体的にはa table, a chairなど ) ▸ a set [a suite ] of furniture 家具一そろい ▸ have much [little ] furniture 家具がたくさんある [少ししかない ](╳ have many [few ] furnituresとしない )▸ office furniture (オフィスの )備品 ▸ lawn ｟米 ｠ [garden ｟英 ｠] furniture アウトドア用家具 ▸ street furniture 街頭用付帯施設 〘郵便ポスト 道路標識 電話ボックス 電柱など 〙2 (機械 船などの )付属品, 取り付け [備え付け ]品 .3 (心の )備え , 知識 ; 中味, 内容 .4 〘印 〙(活字間の )込めもの .p à rt of the f ú rniture ｟くだけて ｠(家具のように )いて [あって ]当然と思われている人 [物 ], 目立たない人 [物 ].～́ b è etle 家具食い虫 ; ヒラタキクイムシ .～́ v à n ｟英 ｠(引っ越し用の )大型トラック, 家具運搬車 .