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Cupboard

/ˈkʌbəd/

a piece of furniture with doors and shelves

used for storing dishes, food, clothes, etc.

kitchen cupboards

a stationery/linen cupboard

a cupboard door

There's plenty of food in the cupboards.

I found it hidden in the back of a cupboard.

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Chair

/tʃeə(r)/

[countable] a piece of furniture for one

person to sit on, with a back, a seat

and four legs

armchair,
bath chair,
deckchair,
director’s chair,
easy chair,
high chair,
lawn chair,
lounge chair,
musical chairs,
rocking chair,
sedan chair,
wheelchair,
wing chair

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Armchair

/ˈɑːmtʃeə(r)/

a comfortable chair

with sides on which

you can rest your arms

to sit in an armchair

He eased himself into the

big armchair.

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Lamp

/læmp/

a device that uses electricity, oil or gas to produce light

a desk/bedside lamp

a street lamp

an oil lamp

(British English) a paraffin lamp

(especially North American English) a kerosene lamp

a fluorescent/halogen lamp

to switch on/turn off a lamp

arc lamp,
Davy lamp,
floor lamp,
fog lamp,
gas lamp,
hurricane lamp,
lava lamp,
safety lamp,
spirit lamp,
standard lamp, t
able lamp

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Bed

bed/

a piece of furniture for sleeping on
a single/double bed
on the bed
She lay on the bed (= on top of the covers).
It's time for bed (= time to go to sleep).
He likes to have a mug of cocoa before bed
(= before going to bed).
to get into/out of bed
to make the bed (= arrange the covers

in a tidy way)

Could you give me a bed for the night

(= somewhere to sleep)? Having breakfast

in bed is a rare treat.

I ran and hid under a bed.

airbed,
camp bed,
sofa bed,
trundle bed,
twin bed,
waterbed

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Mirror

/ˈmɪrə(r)/

[countable] a piece of special

flat glass that reflects

images, so that you can

see yourself when you look in it

rear-view mirror,
two-way mirror,
wing mirror

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Wardrobe

/ˈwɔːdrəʊb/

a large cupboard for

hanging clothes in,

which is either a piece of

furniture or (in British

English) built into the wall

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Cooker

/ˈkʊkə(r) /

a large piece of equipment for

cooking food, containing an oven

and gas or electric rings on top

a gas cooker
an electric cooker
on a cooker
She set the house on fire by leaving a

chip pan on the cooker.

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Shower

/ˈʃaʊə(r)/

a piece of equipment producing

a flow of water that you stand

under to wash yourself;

the small room or part of a

room that contains a shower

in the shower He's in the shower.

I've just got out of the shower.

an en-suite shower room

a shower cubicle/curtain

an electric shower

a hotel room with bath and shower

She was getting into the shower when the doorbell rang.

the act of washing yourself with a shower

a hot/cold shower

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Fridge

/frɪdʒ/

/ frɪdʒ /

a piece of electrical equipment

in which food is kept cold so that

it stays fresh

The kids tend to raid the fridge

when they get home from school.

in the fridge
There's no food in the fridge!