ware
Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or useGoods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
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7 senses(in compounds, uncountable, usually)Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
(in the plural, uncountable, usually)See wares.
Ware
това́рtovár
това́рtovár, крамkram, ви́робиvýroby
(uncountable, usually)Pottery or metal goods.
damascene ware, tole ware
(countable, usually)A style or genre of artifact.
(Ireland, uncountable, usually)Crockery.
(Northern England, Scotland)Spring, springtime.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete)Seaweed; drift seaweed; seawrack.
- articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: ‘silverware’, ‘software’
- items for sale to the individual consumer
Examples
14 sentencesPeddle your wares elsewhere.
Peddle your wares somewhere else.
Quickly we had sold all wares.
Every salesman sings the praises of his wares.
deJeder Händler lobt seine Ware. — UliDolbarge
He sells his wares at the weekly market.
deEr bietet seine Waren auf dem Wochenmarkt feil. — Zaghawa
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-West Germanic *waru, from ProtFrom Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention”) as in beware, in the sense of “an object of care, a valuable”, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, keep guard”), whence also ward.
From Middle English wor (in sewor) from Old English wār (“seaweed”), ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz; compare wire. Cognate with Scots wair (“seaweed”), Dutch wier (“seaweed”), Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”).
From Middle English ware, from Old Norse vár (“spring”), from Proto-Germanic *wazrą. Cognate with Icelandic vor (“spring”), Swedish vår (“spring”), Danish vår (“spring”), Scots ware, wair (“spring”).
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Forms
plural: waresSynonyms
2 synonyms- items for sale to the individual consumer:merchandiseproduct
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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