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/ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/ · noun
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.
military hardware
BOWEN: The monster trucks of Mars rovers, joke scientists, equipped with an array of sophisticated hardware to look for signs of water and answer scientists questions.
It is one thing to see an intercooler as a simple entry in a textbook, but to witness the actual hardware as it crawled down the road was awe-inspiring.
Smaller, turbocharged engines are one way to increase engine efficiency by 8 to 10 percent, but the extra hardware is expensive.
Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.
The designers have put their logo on the hardware of this bag here.
Use hardware when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hardware means 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..
Common synonyms include hardware, ironware, computer hardware.
Possible antonyms include software, software system.
He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.
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