ware
/ˈwɛɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Astbury was the more successful and made frequent journeys to London, where he sold his ware and obtained further orders."
- "On Sunday, a Mr. Stephen Muturi Kamau, aged 20 years, was shot dead at Dandora while he was selling his ware. This is a well known hawker. He has been hawking his ware in Dandora."
- "What in the world am I going to do with tarnished silver ware? The deeper I dig, I pull out more silver with carved handles."
- "Artisans sell their ware in the historic district at the lower level of the Soldier's Barracks."
- "damascene ware, tole ware"
- "And in like wise as she said so they departed, that neither the king nor none of his council were ware of their departing."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɛɹ/
- British English: /ˈwɛə/
Usage
- Uncountable
- Countable
- Obsolete
- British usage
Inflected Forms
wares (plural)
more ware (comparative)
most ware (superlative)
wares (present, singular)
waring (participle, present)
wared (participle, past)
wared (past)
wore (participle, past)
wore (past)
Wares (alternative)