Pronunciations (4)
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/ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/
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- General-American
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/ˈhɑːdˌwɛə/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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ˈhɑːdˌwɛə
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- GB
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ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ
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- US
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.
Usage- Uncountable
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He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.
Equipment.
Usage- Informal
- Uncountable
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military hardware
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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.
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Smaller, turbocharged engines are one way to increase engine efficiency by 8 to 10 percent, but the extra hardware is expensive.
The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc.
Usage- Uncountable
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Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.
Electronic equipment.
Usage- Uncountable
Metal implements.
Usage- Uncountable
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The designers have put their logo on the hardware of this bag here.
A firearm.
Usage- Slang
- Uncountable
Medals or trophies.
Usage- Slang
- Uncountable
Noun
major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)
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instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal
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(computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
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