Contract-furniture
noun
1.
furniture designed and manufactured for commercial installation, as in offices, waiting rooms, or lobbies.
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[kuh n-trak-tl, -til] /kənˈtræk tl, -tɪl/ adjective 1. capable of or causing contraction. /kənˈtræktaɪl/ adjective 1. having the power to contract or to cause contraction adj. 1706, from French contractile, from Latin contract-, past participle stem of contrahere (see contract (n.)). Related: Contractility. Contractile vacuole is from 1877. contractile con·trac·tile (kən-trāk’təl, -tīl’) adj. Capable of […]
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[kuh n-trak-tl, -til] /kənˈtræk tl, -tɪl/ adjective 1. capable of or causing contraction. /kənˈtræktaɪl/ adjective 1. having the power to contract or to cause contraction adj. 1706, from French contractile, from Latin contract-, past participle stem of contrahere (see contract (n.)). Related: Contractility. Contractile vacuole is from 1877. contractile con·trac·tile (kən-trāk’təl, -tīl’) adj. Capable of […]