hardware: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 15 letter points · starts with H · ends with E
Meaning of hardware
noun
- uncountable
Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, 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.
Example: He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.
- informal, uncountable
Equipment.
Example: military hardware
- uncountable
The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc.
- uncountable
Electronic equipment.
Source: Wiktionary — hardware.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for hardware.
noun
instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal
noun
(computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
- computer hardware
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hardware in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of hardware
H(4) + A(1) + R(1) + D(2) + W(4) + A(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 15 points.
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Anagrams of hardware
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from hardware
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