household effects

plural noun

1. privately owned goods consisting chiefly of furniture, appliances, etc., for keeping house.

Word History and Origins

Origin of household effects¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The three truckloads of donated items, such as old clothes, shoes and other household effects that the Edhi centres in Karachi usually received every week have dwindled to just one now, he added.

From Reuters

It designated that his costumes and other household effects were to go to six of his children; the rest of the estate was to go to the charitable trust for the poor, called the “I Feel Good Trust.”

From New York Times

The will had set aside $2 million to underwrite scholarships for the grandchildren, and it gave his costumes and other household effects to the six children he recognized, a bequest thought to be worth perhaps another $2 million.

From New York Times

“Old men and women, their high cheekbones straining at wrinkled flesh, had to be lifted out of the truck by the more able. Bare-bottomed children tottered around the base of the truck, grasping their parents, who were loaded down with household effects, sleeping mats, and fire-blackened pots.”

From MSNBC

His household effects, including his family Bible, were still being shipped from Springfield, Ill., Mr. Dimunation said.

From New York Times