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HARDWARE STORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hardware store mean?
• HARDWARE STORE (noun)
The noun HARDWARE STORE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: HARDWARE STORE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A store selling hardware
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hardware store; ironmonger; ironmonger's shop
Context example:
in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop
Hypernyms ("hardware store" is a kind of...):
shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)
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