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Spell Bee Word: Furnish


What does furnish mean?

Word: Furnish

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Furnish means to put furniture such as beds, chairs and tables into a room or house. It can also mean to give or supply something.

Synonyms: equip, provide, supply

How do you spell furnish?

Syllables: fur - nish

Tricky part: Children often begin with fer or fir, but furnish starts with fur, like an animal's soft coat.

Watch out for: fernish, firnish

Memory tip: Picture a soft fur rug, the first thing you lay down when you furnish a new room.

Furnish in a sentence

Example 1: My parents will furnish the new flat with a sofa and two beds.

Example 2: The hotel rooms are furnished with wooden cupboards.

Example 3: Please furnish your address on this form.

Fun Fact

Furnish and furniture both come from an old French word meaning to provide.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Champ

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

furn_ _ _

a) ish
b) esh
c) ich
d) ash

Show answer

a) ish. Furnish ends in -ish, the same as finish and polish.

Jumble Tumble

What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?

hsnifur

a) to clean something by rubbing hard
b) to cook food in an oven
c) to finish a job very quickly
d) to fill a room with furniture

Show answer

d) to fill a room with furniture. The letters form furnish, what you do to an empty new flat.

Spell Spies

Choose the option with no spelling errors:

a) furnish, cupboard, curtain, carpet
b) furnish, cupboard, curtin, carpit
c) furnish, cupbord, curtain, karpet
d) furnish, cubboard, curtian, carpet

Show answer

a) furnish, cupboard, curtain, carpet. Cupboard, curtain and carpet are spelt correctly only in this list.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would you use to furnish a bedroom?

a) a wooden wardrobe
b) a cricket bat
c) a bicycle pump
d) a sack of rice

Show answer

a) a wooden wardrobe

2. A furnished flat is one that ...

a) comes with beds and a sofa
b) faces a busy main road
c) is painted in bright blue
d) has no lift in the building

Show answer

a) comes with beds and a sofa

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: supply

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