IRONMONGER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ironmonger mean? 

• IRONMONGER (noun)
  The noun IRONMONGER has 2 senses:

1. someone who sells hardware

2. a store selling hardware

  Familiarity information: IRONMONGER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRONMONGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who sells hardware

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hardwareman; ironmonger

Context example:

in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger

Hypernyms ("ironmonger" is a kind of...):

bargainer; dealer; monger; trader (someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold)

Sense 2

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 ("ironmonger" is a kind of...):

shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

 Context examples 

It was a remarkable instance of want of forethought on the part of the ironmonger who had made Mrs. Crupp's kitchen fireplace, that it was capable of cooking nothing but chops and mashed potatoes.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)