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Definition of Furnishing
1. Noun. (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel.
Generic synonyms: Accessory, Accouterment, Accoutrement
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
2. Noun. (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable.
Generic synonyms: Instrumentality, Instrumentation
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Derivative terms: Furnish
3. Noun. The act of decorating a house or room.
Definition of Furnishing
1. Verb. (present participle of ''furnish'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Furnishing
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furnishing
Literary usage of Furnishing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"Whereas Convention v. does not mention the furnishing of troops, ... As regards
furnishing men-of-war to belligerents, the question arose during the ..."
2. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"... two hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents be, and the same is For
furnishing hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"furnishing the country home. V. Armstrong. furnishing the small country house.
M. Green- leaf. 11. House B. 35: 175-6. My. '14. House In the suburbs. ..."
4. Antique Furniture by Frederick William Burgess (1915)
"<\ ANTIQUE FURNITURE CHAPTER I THE furnishing OF THE HOME Making the home — Changing
... THERE has ever been a halo of romance about furnishing the home, ..."
5. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"We can easily see why and how the tradition would spring from this, the elision
of /ioi furnishing the starting-point. Another remedy would be to dismiss ..."
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