piece of furniture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpieceandfurniture
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piece
noun[C]
uk/piːs/us/piːs/
a part ...
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furniture
noun[U]
uk/ˈfɜː.nɪ.tʃər/us/ˈfɝː.nɪ.tʃɚ/
things such as chairs, tables, beds, cupboards, etc. that are put into a house or other building to make it suitable and comfortable for living or ...
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(Definition ofpieceandfurniturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Although thispieceoffurniturehas become the emblem of psychoanalysis itself, its history has remained a blind spot.
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They then work out where thispieceoffurnitureis to be placed in the matrix picture of the apartment.
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There he remains trapped until another couple successfully consummate their passion on the samepieceoffurniture.
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For example, when moving apieceoffurniture, a designer expects the system to allow movement of the element in both x and y directions.
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Each of the major spaces of the house contains apieceoffurniturethat is its essential element - fireplaces, a sofa, a dining table, or a desk.
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Subjects were required to make up a direction instructing where they wanted eachpieceoffurnitureto be placed in the matrix picture of the apartment.
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Beside thepieceoffurniture, looking glass or picture was the owner and everything was in absolutely mint condition.
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A few days afterwards he had to buy apieceoffurniture, and he bought it very cheap.
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If the father of the person in question were to give his son thispieceoffurniture, would that meet the situation?
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Why does it cost as much or more to retail thatpieceoffurnitureas to manufacture it?
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Let us say that they paid £5 for some particularpieceoffurnitureor utensil in the house.
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In many instances it is impossible to define what is apieceoffurniture, and what is a desk for educational purposes.
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The courts have to decide whether a fixed wardrobe, for instance, is apieceoffurniture.
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I should have thought the rag flock would be forfeited and destroyed, but not the whole of this valuablepieceoffurniture.
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In my view, it will be a worm-eatenpieceoffurnitureby the time they arrive there.
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There is a certain piece of property like a certainpieceoffurniture, and it is governed by a price.
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Let us consider apieceoffurnitureworth about £67, including purchase tax at 131½ cent.
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A licence holder would then seek permission, as necessary, to stick up his ownpieceoffurniture.
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She discovered that the patient's house was empty and everypieceoffurniturehad been stripped out by the family.
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