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piece of furniture

n. An item of furniture; any item, such as a table or cupboard, that constitutes furniture.

WordNet
piece of 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: furniture, article of furniture]

Usage examples of "piece of furniture".

Claire perched on the edge of the hassock, it being the only piece of furniture in the room that was neither overstuffed nor covered in knickknacks.

He fancied he heard the sound of a piece of furniture being removed.

By late afternoon, he was so completely in control that Houston merely had to point to where she wanted a piece of furniture placed.

Thomas winced as Denzil came to stand by a dark area that must be a cabinet or other large piece of furniture, the Duke's boots almost directly over his hiding place.

In fact, he peered through the hole in the door to the back of a piece of furniture that was jammed against it, whereupon the nature of the problem became clear to him.

To my certain knowledge he has investigated a disappearing room, chased a walking corpse, and found an invisible piece of furniture.

She almost giggled aloud, because the ones who were looking for him so frantically never thought that there might be such a secret place inside a piece of furniture.

But you could hardly kill a man by putting it in polish then applying the polish to a piece of furniture which he used.

The sole piece of furniture was an enormous, intricately scrollworked heartwood chair on which sat an equally enormous female clad in billowing turquoise robes edged with gold tassels.

The sole piece of furniture on the dais was the autarch's chair-a light wood, probably white oak or young cherry, stained green.

Tore the books apart, shredded the curtains, broke every piece of furniture in the room.