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furnishings

furnishings is the plural of furnishing.

Noun

furnishings pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Furniture generally.
  2. (plural, plural-only) The objects, other than furniture, that occupy an interior space.
  3. (plural, plural-only) Accessories used with a dress.
  4. (plural, plural-only) Items of furniture and/or accessories by which something is equipped so as to be more useful, convenient, or comfortable.

Meaning of furnishing

Noun

furnishing (plural furnishings)

  1. (in plural) Furniture, fittings, and other detachable accessories.
    • With her luxurious furnishings and spacious accommodation the Invicta, which is 350-ft. long and has a gross tonnage of 4,178, resembles a small liner.1947 January and February, “Notes and News: New Southern Channel Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 49
  2. (in plural) A portion of longer hair within the coat of a dog, rabbit, etc.
    • As plush and huggable as a child's stuffed toy with curly whiskers, ears full of curly ear furnishings2001, J. Anne Helgren, Rex Cats: Everything about Purchase, Care, Nutrition, Behavior, and Housing, →ISBN, page 35

Questions about furnishings

What does furnishings mean?
Furnishings means furniture generally.
What is furnishings the plural of?
Furnishings is the plural of furnishing.
What part of speech is furnishings?
Furnishings is a noun.

Words near furnishings in the dictionary

  1. furnishest
  2. furnisheth
  3. furnishing
  4. furnishing and supplying
  5. furnishing out
  6. furnishings
  7. furnishment
  8. furnishments
  9. furnisht
  10. Furniss
  11. furniture

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Adapted from Wiktionary: furnishings (page history and authors); furnishing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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