ware

CEFRB1

/ˈwɛə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Goods or products of a particular type.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Pottery or metal goods.

Examples

  • Bronze-ware is largely made from alloys of brass and tin.

  • 1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː Ware the horn and heels lest they fling a flap to thee.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈweː/
  • /ˈwiə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. See wares.

  2. Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.

  3. A style or genre of artifact.

More examples

In context

  • c. 1450, Who Ðat Liste Lokeː Ware avoutrer untrue; Such love was never good ne may be true.

  • damascene ware, tole ware

  • c. 1470, The Macro Playsː ‘Ware that!’ quoth Ser Wyly.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention”) as in beware, in the sense of “an object of care, a valuable”, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, keep guard”), whence also ward. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Were (“an item for exchange, barter, or sale; ware”), Dutch waar (“goods offered for sale or use; ware”), German Ware (“ware”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk vare (“ware”), Faroese vøra (“ware”), Icelandic and Swedish vara (“ware”).