hardware
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈhɑːrdwɛr/
:
material de ferretería
- You go down to the hardware store and you buy fuses.
- a hardware store
- a hardware manufacturer
We kept the same mounting hardware and we kept the same fans.
- We kept the same mounting hardware and we kept the same fans.
- These ones are cream with rose gold hardware and they're just so, so super soft.
- So we are attempting to build our own line of hardware products.
- Not the biggest fan of the contrasting bronze hardware here.
Examples
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Help out at my father's hardware store.
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In the morning, thought Christina, I will go to the hardware store and buy a gallon of paint.
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I gotta get to the hardware store.
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So this is just showing how the hardware has evolved over time.
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We kept the same mounting hardware and we kept the same fans.
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We can get some paint from Case Hardware.
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We have all the little pieces of hardware that those diagrams were for.
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Eugene Young, down at the hardware store, sold it to him.
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I walked into O'Halloran's Hardware, and there it was waiting for me.
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I went to the hardware store to buy tools for my home improvement project.
Synonyms
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1.9
Tools and machines needed for a particular activity
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1.1
A thing you hold to do a job, like a hammer
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2.1
Things you use for a certain activity, like hiking or sports
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3.3
Large tools and equipment used in factories or farms
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4.1
A tool used for a specific job, like in a kitchen or on a farm
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4.6
Machines and equipment used to make products in a factory
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Etymology
Hardware is made of hard ('solid') and ware ('goods'), so it originally meant metal tools and other things sold for work. That's why a hardware store sells nails, hammers, and other solid items used around the home.