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dreamware

Syllables: dream·ware/ˈdɹiːmwɛə//ˈdɹimˌwɛɹ/

dreamware noun: things dreamed of; fantasies, fictions.

Noun

dreamware (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Things dreamed of; fantasies, fictions.
    • No use talking, I'm an unpractical, useless dealer in dreamware; a metaphysician who don't know how to fry an egg, but can forget my dinner in discussing the objective value of the categories of [Immanuel] Kant.1901 February, Roscelyn Bayard Lee, “The Story of a Rivalry”, in The Catholic World. A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science, volume LXXII, number 431, New York, N.Y.: The Office of The...
    • Traditionally the designer who fashions scientific dreamware into workable wakingware, the engineer of old has sired an immense family of new offspring whose jobs were actually created by the Space Age, with more coming up daily. The main engineering groups of yesteryear—mechanical, civil...1963, Otto O[scar] Binder, “What is Astronautics?”, in Careers in Space, New York, N.Y.: Walker and Company, published 1964, →OCLC, pages 19–20
  2. (rare) Speculative hardware or software products that may never be produced or released.
    • Near-synonym: vapourware
    • When the Loki ‘exclusive’ appeared, I spoke to an ex-Sinclair designer. He hadn’t heard of the project – ‘dreamware’, he called it – and poured scorn upon the suggested price of £200.1986 August, Simon Goodwin, “Tech Tips”, in Graeme Kidd, editor, Crash: ZX Spectrum, number 31, Ludlow, Shropshire: Newsfield, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 99, column 3
    Synonyms:
    vapourware

dreamware meaning in Indonesian

dreamware in Indonesian

speculative hardware or software products that may never be produced or released
peranti impian

Examples of dreamware in a sentence

  • To most people Revere Ware is dreamware.1971 January, “Put a Great American Tradition in Your Kitchen for Less than $40 [advertisement]”, in John Mack Carter, editor, Ladies’ Home...
  • The painting could serve as a sign over a shop selling dreamware.1994, William Corbett, Philip Guston’s Late Work: A Memoir, Cambridge, Mass.: Zoland Books, →ISBN, page 86:
  • So much of our contemporary theological dreamware is about escape.2008, Skip Moen, Spiritual Restoration: Reclaiming the Foundations of God’s World, University Park, Pa.: Eisenbrauns, →ISBN:
  • You could create problems for your company if you downplay current products and hype the dreamware that may never become reality.1999, Kay Palkhivala, Anne Anderson-Lemieux, Charles Mappin, “Serving Many Masters”, in Jessica Keyes, editor, Internet Management (Best...

Synonyms of dreamware

Origin of dreamware

From dream (noun) + -ware (suffix forming nouns denoting items of a particular kind or for a particular use, and specific classes of computer software).

Questions about dreamware

What does dreamware mean?
Dreamware means things dreamed of; fantasies, fictions.
What is dreamware in Indonesian?
Dreamware in Indonesian is peranti impian. See Dreamware meaning in Indonesian.
How do you use dreamware in a sentence?
To most people Revere Ware is dreamware.
What part of speech is dreamware?
Dreamware is a noun.
How do you pronounce dreamware?
Dreamware is pronounced /ˈdɹiːmwɛə/ (UK).

Words near dreamware in the dictionary

  1. dreamtest
  2. dreamtime
  3. dreamtime track
  4. dreamtime tracks
  5. dreamward
  6. dreamware
  7. dreamwhile
  8. dreamwise
  9. dreamwork
  10. dreamworker
  11. dreamworkers

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