ware

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The store displays its ware on neat wooden shelves.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • Goods or commodities for sale: "Ware" refers to manufactured articles or products that are offered for sale, typically in a commercial context.
    • Articles of a specified kind or material: Often used in combination with another word to denote a specific category of goods (e.g., silverware, software).

  2. Verb (Archaic):

    • To be aware of or cautious about: An old-fashioned command form meaning "beware" or "be cautious."
    • To spend extravagantly; to squander: An archaic meaning related to wasteful expenditure.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • The merchant displayed his ware on a large table at the market.
    • The company specializes in kitchen ware and utensils.
  • Verb (Archaic):
    • Ware the dog! (Meaning: Beware of the dog!)
    • He did ware his fortune on frivolous pursuits. (Meaning: He squandered his fortune.)
Advanced Usage
  • "To be ware of" (Archaic): To be cautious or mindful of something.
    • You should be ware of false promises.
  • Used in historical or literary contexts: The verb form is rarely used in modern English outside of historical fiction, poetry, or deliberate archaisms.
Variants and Related Words
  • -ware (suffix): Used to form compound nouns specifying a type of goods.
    • Hardware: Tools, machinery, or physical computer components.
    • Software: Programs and other operating information for a computer.
    • Earthenware: Pottery made of baked clay.
    • Glassware: Articles made of glass.
  • Wares (plural noun): The most common modern form, meaning goods for sale.
    • The street vendor praised the quality of his wares.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Goods, merchandise, products, commodities, stock.
  • Verb (beware): Heed, mind, look out for.
  • Verb (squander): Waste, dissipate, fritter away.
Related Phrases
  • "Cry one's wares": To advertise goods for sale by calling out.
    • In the old market, sellers would cry their wares to attract customers.
  • "Peddle one's wares": To sell goods, especially by traveling from place to place.
    • The artisan traveled from town to town to peddle her wares.
Idioms
  • "A peddler of cheap wares": (Figurative) Someone who offers ideas or products of low quality or little value.
    • The politician was accused of being a peddler of cheap wares, making promises he couldn't keep.
ware

The store displays its ware on neat wooden shelves.

Noun
  1. commodities offered for sale
    • good business depends on having good merchandise
    • that store offers a variety of products
  2. articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'
Verb
  1. spend extravagantly
    • waste not, want not

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