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If there are other senses of the word, they are shown below." class="ol_inbrief"><span class="ol_inbrief_title">Usually means:</span> Physical components of a computer. </div> <div class="ol_tabs"> <span class="ol_selected_tab">Definitions</span> <a href="/?w=hardware&related=1"><span class="ol_nonselected_tab">Related words</span></a> <a href="/?w=hardware&phrases=1"><span class="ol_nonselected_tab">Phrases</span></a> <a href="/?w=hardware&mentions=1"><span class="ol_nonselected_tab">Mentions</span></a> <a href="/?w=hardware&verses=1"><span class="ol_nonselected_tab">Lyrics</span></a> <a href="/?w=hardware&history=1"><span class="ol_nonselected_tab">History</span></a> <a href="/?w=hardware&colors=1"><span class="ol_nonselected_tab">Colors <font color=red size=2>(New!)</font> </span></a> </div> <div id='main'> <div id='section-dicts'> We found 51 dictionaries that define the word <b>hardware</b>: <br><br> <a name=all_gen></a><u><b>General</b></u> (28 matching dictionaries)<br> <OL START=1> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hardware">hardware</a>: Merriam-Webster <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/hardware">hardware</a>: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=hardware">hardware</a>: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language <li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hardware">hardware</a>: Collins English Dictionary <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vocabulary.com/definition/hardware">hardware</a>: Vocabulary.com <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wordnik.com/words/Hardware">Hardware</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wordnik.com/words/hardware">hardware</a>: Wordnik <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/hardware 1">hardware</a>: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hardware">hardware</a>: Wiktionary <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.yourdictionary.com/hardware">hardware</a>: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wordsmyth.net/live/home.php?script=search&matchent=hardware&matchtype=exact">hardware</a>: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://dictionary.infoplease.com/hardware">hardware</a>: Infoplease Dictionary <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hardware">hardware</a>: Dictionary.com <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hardware">hardware</a>: Online Etymology Dictionary <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/hardware">hardware</a>: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware%20(TV%20series)">Hardware (TV series)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware%20(album)">Hardware (album)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware%20(band)">Hardware (band)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware%20(comics)">Hardware (comics)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware%20(computer)">Hardware (computer)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware%20(development%20cooperation)">Hardware (development cooperation)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware%20(film)">Hardware (film)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware">Hardware</a>: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.onelook.com/?other=web1913&w=Hardware">Hardware</a>: Online Plain Text English Dictionary <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/hardware">hardware</a>: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=hardware">hardware</a>: Rhymezone <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=Hardware+%28f%29&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=DEU">Hardware (f)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=hardware&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=ENG">hardware</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=hardware&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=ESP">hardware</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=hardware&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=ITA">hardware</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=hardware+%28de%29&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=NLD">hardware (de)</a>: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/hardware">hardware</a>: Webster's 1828 Dictionary <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://freedictionary.org/?Query=hardware">hardware</a>: FreeDictionary.org <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.word-detective.com/back-y.html#hardware">Hardware</a>: The Word Detective <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thefreedictionary.com/hardware">hardware</a>: TheFreeDictionary.com <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.onelook.com/pronounce/En-us-hardware.WAV">hardware</a>: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.mnemonicdictionary.com/word/hardware">hardware</a>: Mnemonic Dictionary <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/hardware">hardware</a>: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English </ol><br> <a name=all_art></a><u><b>Art</b></u> (1 matching dictionary)<br> <OL START=27> <font color=grey><li> ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science <i>(No longer online)</i></font> </ol><br> <a name=all_bus></a><u><b>Business</b></u> (3 matching dictionaries)<br> <OL START=28> <font color=grey><li> Construction Term Glossary <i>(No longer online)</i></font> <font color=grey><li> Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary <i>(No longer online)</i></font> <font color=grey><li> BusinessDictionary.com <i>(No longer online)</i></font> </ol><br> <a name=all_com></a><u><b>Computing</b></u> (10 matching dictionaries)<br> <OL START=31> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://foldoc.org/hardware">hardware</a>: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.netlingo.com/dictionary/h.php">hardware</a>: Netlingo <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/get by index/h/260/">Hardware</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/get by index/h/40/">hardware</a>: CCI Computer <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/HARDWARE.html">Hardware</a>: Cybernetics and Systems <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.csgnetwork.com/glossaryh.html#hardware">hardware</a>: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.techterms.com/definition/hardware">Hardware</a>: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary <font color=grey><li> Data Formats and Their Sugggested File Extensions <i>(No longer online)</i></font> <font color=grey><li> I T Glossary <i>(No longer online)</i></font> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/hardware">hardware</a>: Encyclopedia <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://wings.avkids.com/SPIT/glossary.html#hardware">HARDWARE</a>: SELF PACED INTERNET GUIDE </ol><br> <a name=all_med></a><u><b>Medicine</b></u> (2 matching dictionaries)<br> <OL START=41> <font color=grey><li> online medical dictionary <i>(No longer online)</i></font> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hardware">hardware</a>: Medical dictionary </ol><br> <a name=all_slang></a><u><b>Slang</b></u> (3 matching dictionaries)<br> <OL START=43> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/fqqpboi">hardware</a>: Green’s Dictionary of Slang <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/ByAlpha.asp?strTerm=H">Hardware</a>: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hardware">Hardware</a>: Urban Dictionary </ol><br> <a name=all_tech></a><u><b>Tech</b></u> (4 matching dictionaries)<br> <OL START=46> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.yourdictionary.com/hardware">hardware</a>: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary <font color=grey><li> DOD Dictionary of Military Terms <i>(No longer online)</i></font> <li>Hardware: Construction Glossary <font color=grey><li> Rane Professional Audio Reference <i>(No longer online)</i></font> </ol><br> (Note: See <a href="/?loc=lemma3&w=hardwares">hardwares</a> as well.)<br><br> </div> <div 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title="British English definition" href="#" onclick="activate_uk();"><img src="img/gb.png" alt="British English Definition"/></a></div> </td> </table> </td> </table> <div class="hom" id="def_text"> </div> <script> function activate_us() { document.getElementById('flag_us').setAttribute('bgcolor', '#fdeed9'); document.getElementById('flag_uk').setAttribute('bgcolor', 'white'); document.getElementById('orth').innerHTML = unescape(mm_US_orth); document.getElementById('mm_audio').setAttribute('href', mm_US_audio); document.getElementById('mm_audio').setAttribute('title', mm_US_audio_title); } function activate_uk() { document.getElementById('flag_uk').setAttribute('bgcolor', '#fdeed9'); document.getElementById('flag_us').setAttribute('bgcolor', 'white'); document.getElementById('orth').innerHTML = unescape(mm_UK_orth); document.getElementById('mm_audio').setAttribute('href', mm_UK_audio); document.getElementById('mm_audio').setAttribute('title', mm_UK_audio_title); } if (typeof mm_US_def 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Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.<br> <b>▸ <i>noun</i>:</b>  (informal) Equipment.<br> <b>▸ <i>noun</i>:</b>  (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.<br> <b>▸ <i>noun</i>:</b>  (technology) Electronic equipment.<br> <b>▸ <i>noun</i>:</b>  Metal implements.<br> <b>▸ <i>noun</i>:</b>  (slang) A firearm.<br> <b>▸ <i>noun</i>:</b>  (slang) Medals or trophies.<br> <b>▸ <i>noun</i>:</b>  (Philippines) Short for hardware store. 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var baseurl = '/?loc=dmapirel&w=' </script> <br>▸ <a class="dmapi_link" onclick="toggle_dmapi_res('rel_jjb')">Popular adjectives describing <i>hardware</i></a> <div id="dmapi_rel_jjb"></div> <script language=javascript type='text/javascript'> var query = 'hardware'; var baseurl = '/?loc=dmapirel&w=' </script> <br>▸ <a class="dmapi_link" onclick="toggle_dmapi_res('rel_trg')">Words that often appear near <i>hardware</i></a> <div id="dmapi_rel_trg"></div> <script language=javascript type='text/javascript'> var query = 'hardware'; var baseurl = '/?loc=dmapirel&w=' </script> <br>▸ <a target="_" href="https://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?typeofrhyme=adv&Word=hardware">Rhymes of <i>hardware</i></a><br> <br>▸ <a href="pm/#?w1=hardware">Invented words related to <i>hardware</i></a><br> </td></tr></table></td></tr> </table></div> </div></div> <br> <center><table class="info-box" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1" width=80%><tr><td><a name=phrases></a> <div class=relheader><b>Similar:</b></div><div class=rellist> <a href=/?w=ironware&loc=rel_sim>ironware</a>, <a href=/?w=Computer+hardware&loc=rel_sim>Computer hardware</a>, <a href=/?w=software&loc=rel_sim>software</a>, <a href=/?w=peripheral&loc=rel_sim>peripheral</a>, <a href=/?w=hardwar&loc=rel_sim>hardwar</a>, <a href=/?w=firmware&loc=rel_sim>firmware</a>, <a href=/?w=electronics&loc=rel_sim>electronics</a>, <a href=/?w=equipment&loc=rel_sim>equipment</a>, <a href=/?w=infrastructure&loc=rel_sim>infrastructure</a>, <a href=/?w=computer&loc=rel_sim>computer</a>, <a href=/thesaurus/?s=hardware&loc=cb><i>more...</i></a> </div> <br> <div class=relheader><b>Opposite:</b></div><div class=rellist> <a href=/?w=software&loc=rel_opp>software</a>, <a href=/?w=intangible&loc=rel_opp>intangible</a>, <a href=/?w=virtual&loc=rel_opp>virtual</a>, <a href=/?w=digital&loc=rel_opp>digital</a>, <a href=/?w=abstract&loc=rel_opp>abstract</a> </div> <br> <div class=relheader><b>Types:</b></div><div class=rellist> <a href=/?w=screwdriver&loc=rel_typeof>screwdriver</a>, <a href=/?w=hammer&loc=rel_typeof>hammer</a>, <a href=/?w=wrench&loc=rel_typeof>wrench</a>, <a href=/?w=pliers&loc=rel_typeof>pliers</a>, <a href=/?w=saw&loc=rel_typeof>saw</a>, <a href=/?w=drill&loc=rel_typeof>drill</a>, <a href=/?w=screw&loc=rel_typeof>screw</a>, <a href=/?w=nail&loc=rel_typeof>nail</a>, <a href="/thesaurus/?s=types%20of%20hardware"><i>more...</i></a> </div> <br> <div class=relheader><b>Phrases:</b></div><div class=rellist> <nobr><a href=/?w=Computer+hardware&loc=rel_phrase>Computer hardware</a>, </nobr> <nobr><a href=/?w=hardware+store&loc=rel_phrase>hardware store</a>, </nobr> <nobr><a href=/?w=hardware+stores&loc=rel_phrase>hardware stores</a>, </nobr> <nobr><a href=/?w=hardware+platform&loc=rel_phrase>hardware platform</a>, </nobr> <nobr><a href=/?w=graphics+hardware&loc=rel_phrase>graphics hardware</a>, </nobr> <nobr><a href=/?w=hardware+cloth&loc=rel_phrase>hardware cloth</a>, </nobr> <nobr><a href=/?w=hardware+interface&loc=rel_phrase>hardware interface</a>, </nobr> <nobr><a href=/?w=hardware+interrupt&loc=rel_phrase>hardware interrupt</a>, </nobr> <nobr><a href=/?w=hardware+shop&loc=rel_phrase>hardware shop</a>, </nobr> <nobr><a href=/?w=hardware+acceleration&loc=rel_phrase>hardware acceleration</a>, </nobr> <nobr><a href=/?w=hardware+monitor&loc=rel_phrase>hardware monitor</a>, </nobr> <a href="/?w=**hardware**&ssbp=1"><i>more...</i></a> </div> <br> <div class=relheader><b>Adjectives:</b></div><div class=rellist> <a href=/?w=military&loc=rel_adj>military</a>, <a href=/?w=new&loc=rel_adj>new</a>, <a href=/?w=special&loc=rel_adj>special</a>, <a href=/?w=additional&loc=rel_adj>additional</a>, <a href=/?w=specific&loc=rel_adj>specific</a>, <a href=/?w=necessary&loc=rel_adj>necessary</a>, <a href=/?w=actual&loc=rel_adj>actual</a>, <a href=/?w=available&loc=rel_adj>available</a>, <a href=/?w=specialized&loc=rel_adj>specialized</a>, <a href=/?w=underlying&loc=rel_adj>underlying</a>, <a href=/?w=appropriate&loc=rel_adj>appropriate</a> </div> <br><div class=relheader><b>Colors:</b></div><div class=rellist2> <span style='border: 1px solid black; background-color:#bebebe;'>   </span> <a href=/?w=gray&colors=1&loc=rel_color>gray</a>, <span style='border: 1px solid black; background-color:#aaa9ad;'>   </span> <a href=/?w=silver&colors=1&loc=rel_color>silver</a>, <span style='border: 1px solid black; background-color:#080808;'>   </span> <a href=/?w=black&colors=1&loc=rel_color>black</a>, <span style='border: 1px solid black; background-color:#4682b4;'>   </span> <a href=/?w=steel_blue&colors=1&loc=rel_color>steel blue</a>, <span style='border: 1px solid black; background-color:#2a3439;'>   </span> <a href=/?w=gunmetal&colors=1&loc=rel_color>gunmetal</a>, <a href=/?w=hardware&colors=1&loc=rel_color2><i>more...</i></a> </div> </td></tr></table></center> <br><br> <center><br> <div class="meter_teaser"> Writing poetry or lyrics? 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