ware
Other forms: wares; waring; wared
Ware is a particular type of item — luster ware is a kind of ceramic with a shiny metallic finish. Fiesta ware is a brand of colorful tabletop china that first became popular in the 1930s.
The word shows up as a suffix, too — software, silverware, dinnerware — where it means articles of the same type or within the same category. A warehouse is a place where goods or raw materials are stored. When the word's plural, it means merchandise — when you display your wares in your shop, you're showing what you've got for sale.
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articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'types:article of commercean article that is offered for salemetalwarehousehold articles made of metal (especially for use at table)tablewarearticles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware)woodenwareware for domestic use made of woodchopstickone of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food withdinnerwarethe tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a mealflatwaretableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piecegold platetableware that is plated with goldservice, table servicetableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at tablesilver platetableware that is plated with silversilverwaretableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steeltinwarearticles of commerce made of tin platetoleenameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th centurywooden spoona spoon made of woodtype of:articleone of a class of artifacts
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commodities offered for salesynonyms: merchandise, producttypes:cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipmentgoods carried by a large vehiclecontrabandgoods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by lawfeaturean article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articlesgenericany product that can be sold without a brand nameironmongerythe merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shopirregular, secondmerchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand namebusiness line, line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product linea particular kind of product or merchandisenumberan item of merchandise offered for salerefilla commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contentsreleasemerchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)software package, software productmerchandise consisting of a computer program that is offered for saletop of the linethe best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandisedrawing card, leader, loss leadera featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customersgeneric drugwhen the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agreessidelinean auxiliary line of merchandisetype of:
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spend extravagantlytypes:dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shootspend frivolously and unwiselyoverspendspend at a high rate
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Vocabulary lists containing ware
When Louise hears that her husband has died in a train accident, she contemplates how her life will change. Read the full text here. Here is a link to our lists for The Awakening by Kate Chopin.
Living in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy in order to earn money for her family.
Darius has always struggled to fit in: he suffers from depression, he is bullied at school, and he can never seem to meet his father's high expectations. When Darius's family travels to Iran to visit his grandparents, Darius finds a place where he belongs, and a true friendship, for the first time.