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hards

UK/hɑːdz/US/hɑɹdz/

hards is the plural of hard.

Meaning of hard

Noun

hard (countable and uncountable, plural hards)

  1. (countable) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
    • The Monastery's ironworks at Sowley were renowned for centuries but declined with the passing of the 'wooden walls' at Buckler's Hard — a great number of these ships having been built with timber from the Beaulieu Woods […]1952, Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu Baron Montagu, Beaulieu, the Abbey, Palace House, and Buckler's Hard, page 36
  2. (countable) A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
  3. (slang, uncountable) Crack cocaine.
  4. (slang, uncountable) Hard labor.
    • The prisoners were sentenced to three years' hard.

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Noun

hards (uncountable)

  1. The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.
    Synonyms:
    tow, oakum

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Hards

Hards

  1. (plural) plural of Hard

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Hards

Hards

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of hards

Forms of hards

alternative formhurds

Origin of hards

From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).

Phrases with hards

Words that rhyme with hards

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Questions about hards

What does hards mean?
Hards means the short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.
What is hards the plural of?
Hards is the plural of hard.
What part of speech is hards?
Hards can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hards?
Hards is pronounced /hɑɹdz/ (US).

Words near hards in the dictionary

  1. Hardred
  2. Hardrick
  3. Hardricks
  4. hardrock
  5. hardrocks
  6. hards
  7. hards up
  8. hardscape
  9. hardscaped
  10. hardscapes
  11. hardscaping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hards (page history and authors); Hards (page history and authors); hard (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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