definition of furniture

mitsuwao23Do you call floor lamps "furniture"?

I do.

mitsuwao23What about "mirrors"

No.

mitsuwao23or "closets"?

Do you mean wardrobes (free-standing closets)? Yes.

mitsuwao23Would you tell me the tiniest and the largest thing that you call "furniture"?

I would not call floor lamps furniture. I would classify them under lighting. I wouldn't quarrel with someone who wanted to call them furniture though.
I would call a floor-standing cheval mirror furniture. Other mirrors might be part of a piece of furniture, but I wouldn't call them furniture in their own right.
A free standing closet (wardrobe/armoire) is furniture, but a built-in close

Thank you people for the replies. I assumed that a walk-in closet was furniture.

Just one more thing. Do you think it's OK to call this wardrobe "furniture"?

Thank you,
M

mitsuwao23Do you think it's OK to call this wardrobe "furniture"?

For all practical purposes, assuming it's removable and can be transported to a new apartment or home, it's furniture. If it's permanently attached to the walls, it's a fixture, not furniture.

I think I classify such things into fixtures, furniture, and accessories. Fixtures stay with

Thank you, CJ.

But don't you call cupboards in the chicken "furniture"?

M

mitsuwao23cupboards in the chicken kitchen

No, I would not classify those as furniture. When I call the moving people to come and get my furniture, neither they nor I think that the kitchen cupboards are to be torn out and transported to my new home!

CJ

Ohhh.. fixture is a new word to me actually.

Thank you for your help!
M

A trick answer for "smallest furniture" would be dolls' house furniture.

Thanks but too tricky.