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wares

UK/wɛəz//wɛɹz/

wares is the plural of ware.

Meaning of ware

Noun (1)

ware (usually uncountable, plural wares)

  1. (in-compounds, usually) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
    • Astbury was the more successful and made frequent journeys to London, where he sold his ware and obtained further orders.1923, John Lord, Capital and steam-power, 1750–1800
  2. (in plural, usually) See wares.
  3. (usually) Pottery or metal goods.
    • damascene ware, tole ware
  4. (countable, usually) A style or genre of artifact.
  5. (Ireland, usually) Crockery.

Noun (2)

ware

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Seaweed; drift seaweed; seawrack.
    • On many of the farms in East Lothian, from 100 to 120 Imperial acres are annually manured with sea-ware; and when I mention that 30 double-cart loads are spread on 1 acre, you may conceive the labour incurred in carting from 3000 to 3600 loads during a short season; for it is only in winter that...1844, Henry Stephens, The book of the farm, page 1238

See all 21 meanings of ware

Noun

wares pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Goods or services that are for sale.
    • The square was filled with booths, with vendors offering their wares.
    • I call on the Minister to ensure good regulation is applied to moneylenders and so-called independent money advisers, many of whom are former bankers peddling their wares2011 October 26, “Report of the Interdepartmental Working Committee on Mortgage Arrears”, in Dáil Éireann

Proper noun capitalized: Wares

Wares (plural Wareses)

  1. A surname.

Forms of wares

pluralWareses

Origin of wares

Variant of Ware.

Phrases with wares

15 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with wares

26 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about wares

What does wares mean?
Wares means goods or services that are for sale.
What is wares the plural of?
Wares is the plural of ware.
What part of speech is wares?
Wares can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce wares?
Wares is pronounced /wɛəz/ (UK).

Words near wares in the dictionary

  1. wareniki
  2. Warepam
  3. Wareppam
  4. wareroom
  5. warerooms
  6. wares
  7. Wareses
  8. wareshi
  9. wareshis
  10. warewashing
  11. warez

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