hardware
Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose…Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.
» That is sold at hardware stores.
Это продаётся в хозяйственных магазинах.
Meaning
7 senses(uncountable)Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.
He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.
(informal, uncountable)Equipment.
military hardware
Eisenwaren
стройматериа́лыstrojmateriály, оборудованиеoborudovanije
апарату́раaparatúra, те́хнікаtéxnika, прила́ддяpryláddja
(uncountable)The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc.
Hardware
аппарату́раapparatúra, хардве́рxardvér, аппара́тное обеспече́ниеapparátnoje obespečénije
апаратне забезпеченняaparatne zabezpečennja, апара́тне забезпе́ченняaparátne zabezpéčennja
(uncountable)Electronic equipment.
аппарату́раapparatúra, хардве́рxardvér, обору́дованиеoborúdovanije
обла́днанняobládnannja, апара́тне забезпе́ченняaparátne zabezpéčennja
(uncountable)Metal implements.
The designers have put their logo on the hardware of this bag here.
метале́ве знаря́ддяmetaléve znarjáddja
instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal
(slang, uncountable)A firearm.
вогнепа́льна збро́яvohnepálʹna zbrója
(slang, uncountable)Medals or trophies.
Examples
60 sentencesThat is sold at hardware stores.
ruЭто продаётся в хозяйственных магазинах.
Tom works at a hardware store.
ruТом работает в хозяйственном магазине.
They sell that at a hardware store.
A list of required hardware is available here.
ruСписок требуемого оборудования доступен здесь.
deEine Liste der erforderlichen Hardware ist hier erhältlich.
The hardware store is still where it used to be.
deDer Baumarkt ist noch dort, wo er immer war.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hardware; equivalent to hard + -ware; attested since the mid-15th centFrom Middle English hardware; equivalent to hard + -ware; attested since the mid-15th century.
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system:computer hardware
- instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal:ironware
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable