ware meaning

• Noun: ware  wehr
  1. Articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: 'silverware', 'software' 
  2. Commodities offered for sale
     - merchandise, product
  Verb: ware  wehr
  1. Spend extravagantly
     - consume, squander, waste

  Sounds like: wear, where

  Derived forms: wared, waring, wares

  Type of: article, commodity, drop, expend, good, spend, trade good

  Part of: mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet

  Encyclopedia: Ware, Hertfordshire Ware, Illinois Ware, England Ware Ware, Charles Ware, Mass Ware, Massachusetts Ware, Ma Ware, Kent Ware, MA

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  [Business]
  AmE / noun

  1 [U; pl.] (used in compounds)

  objects used for the purpose or in the room mentioned:

  ornamental ware

  kitchen wares

  a retailer of clothing and home wares

  2 [U; pl.] (used in compounds)

  objects made of the material or in the way or place mentioned:

  ceramic ware

  a collection of local wares

  3 wares [pl.]

  things that sb is selling:

  Agents can use the site to sell their wares over the Internet.

• -ware:    [Computer] Commonl ...
• bad'ware:     noun same as malw ...
• cameo ware:     noun  P ...

Examples

1. this ware is suitable for decorative purpose but unsuitable for utility.
2. some were haggling loudly with traders as they hawked their wares.
3. i've got only one ware to produce, and there's no market for it here.
4. small boats loaded with wares clung to the great liner as she was entering the harbor.
5. the only admitted test of utility in wares was the finding of buyers for them.