Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Furniture \Fur"ni*ture\, n. [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.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes
      called mixture.

Source : WordNet®

furniture
     n : furnishings that make a room or other area ready for
         occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small
         apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the
         room" [syn: {piece of furniture}, {article of furniture}]