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softwear

Syllables: soft·wearUK/ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə//ˈsɔftˌwɛɹ/

softwear noun: athletic shoes, sneakers. Also the misspelling of software.

Noun

softwear (uncountable)

  1. (Barbados) athletic shoes, sneakers
    • I also need church shoes – size 3 or 4 – for my eight-year-old daughter [and] softwear and church clothes for a 12-year-old boy.2011, M.T., Dear Christine, The Nation News (Barbados)
    • At the time he was wearing a white T-shirt, long dress pants, and white softwear.2017, “Elderly man on police missing persons list”, in Daily, Barbados: Nation

Also used as

softwear is also the misspelling of software.

Origin of softwear

From soft + -wear.

Words that rhyme with softwear

Questions about softwear

What does softwear mean?
Softwear means athletic shoes, sneakers.
What part of speech is softwear?
Softwear is a noun.
How do you pronounce softwear?
Softwear is pronounced /ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/ (UK).

Words near softwear in the dictionary

  1. softwares
  2. softwarey
  3. softwarily
  4. softwarization
  5. softwater
  6. softwear
  7. softwire
  8. softwires
  9. softwood
  10. softwoods
  11. softworks

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