hardware meaning
EN
[ˈhɑːdˌwɛə] [ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ] 
US WHardware
- Hardware may refer to:
- Household hardware, equipment such as keys, locks, hinges, latches, handles, wire, chains, plumbing, tools, utensils, and machine parts, typically sold in hardware stores
- Builders hardware, for doors, cabinets, windows, bathrooms, etc.
FR hardware 
- NounSUF-ware
- Fixtures, equipment, 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.
- He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.
- (informal) Equipment.
- military hardware
- (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
- (technology) Electronic equipment.
- Metal implements.
- (slang) A firearm.
- Fixtures, equipment, 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.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Captive rowlocks keep the oars in the boat while you 're rowing and discourage lighthanded hardware seekers when you go ashore.
- The hardware store is gearing up for spring in February with garden supplies and seeds.
- Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of hardware in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Nouns
- fr hardware
- en hardwareman
- en hardwaremen
- en hardwareless
- en hardware cloth
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "hardware" is a noun, more specifically, a singularia tantum.