| Main Entry: |
furnishings
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appliances, furniture |
| Synonyms: | accessories, accouterments, appointments, décor, equipment, fittings, fixtures, gear, provisions, trappings |
| Main Entry: | goods |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal possessions |
| Synonyms: | appurtenances, belongings, chattels, effects, encumbrances, equipment, furnishings, furniture, gear, impedimenta, movables, paraphernalia, property, stuff, things, trappings |
| Main Entry: | harness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gear for controlling an animal |
| Synonyms: | belt, equipment, strap, tack, tackle, trappings |
| Main Entry: | implement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agent, tool |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, equipment, gadget, instrument, machine, utensil |
| Main Entry: | instrument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tool, implement |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doodad, equipment, gadget, gear, gizmo, machine, machinery, mechanism, paraphernalia, tackle, utensil |
| Main Entry: | machinery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devices performing work |
| Synonyms: | accouterment, agency, agent, apparatus, appliance, channel, contraption, contrivance, engine, equipment, gadget, gear, habiliments, implement, instrument, materiel, means, mechanism, medium, method, motor, organ, outfit, paraphernalia, shifts, structure, system, tackle, tool, utensil, vehicle, works |
| Main Entry: | material |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter, fabric |
| Synonyms: | being, body, bolt, cloth, component, constituent, crop, element, entity, equipment, gear, goods, habiliments, individual, ingredient, machinery, materiel, object, outfit, paraphernalia, staple, stock, stuff, substance, supply, tackle, textile, thing |
| Notes: | germane and relevant indicate pertinence to a matter, but may not be essential; material means pertinent and necessary material is based on Latin materialis 'formed of matter'; materiel means 'personnel' or 'military arms or equipment' |
| Main Entry: | means |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, method |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, aid, apparatus, auspices, avenue, channel, course, dodge*, equipment, expedient, factor, fashion, gimmick, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, intermediary, machinery, manner, measure, mechanism, medium, ministry, mode, modus operandi, organ, organization, paraphernalia, path, power, process, road, route, step, stepping-stone, system, tactic, technique, trick, vehicle, ways and means |
| Main Entry: | pack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kit, package |
| Synonyms: | backpack, baggage, bale, bundle, burden, equipment, haversack, knapsack, load, luggage, outfit, parcel, rucksack, truss |