"hardware store" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hardware stores [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hardware store (plural hardware stores)
  1. A shop that sells tools, fasteners, and similar objects known collectively as hardware, as well as related sundries used in construction and repair. Categories (topical): Shops Derived forms: busy as a dyke in a hardware store Related terms: lumber yard, plumber Translations (merchant): ferreteria (Catalan), 臭鐵店 /臭铁店 (chhàu-thih-tiàm) [Hokkien, Singapore] (Chinese), 鐵店 /铁店 (thih-tiàm) [Hokkien, Philippines] (Chinese), 五金店 (ngó͘-kim-tiàm) [Hokkien, Penang] (Chinese), 五金鋪 /五金铺 (alt: ng⁵ gam¹ pou³⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 五金店 (wǔjīndiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 五金行 (wǔjīnháng) (Chinese Mandarin), 五金商店 (wǔjīn shāngdiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), železářství [neuter] (Czech), byggemarked (english: large) [neuter] (Danish), ijzerwinkel [masculine] (Dutch), ijzerwarenwinkel [masculine] (Dutch), rautakauppa (Finnish), quincaillerie [feminine] (French), ferraxería [feminine] (Galician), Baumarkt (english: large) [masculine] (German), Eisenwarenladen (english: small) [masculine] (German), σιδηροπωλείο (sidiropoleío) [neuter] (Greek), komerco di metalaji (Ido), ferramenta [masculine] (Italian), brico (english: large) [masculine] (Italian), 金物屋 (kanamonoya) (alt: かなものや) (Japanese), būvmateriālu veikals [masculine] (Latvian), jernvarehandel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sklep żelazny [masculine] (Polish), ferretería [feminine] (Spanish), tlapalería [Mexico, feminine] (Spanish), tienda de bricolaje [feminine] (Spanish), pereteriya (Tagalog), hırdavatçı (Turkish), אײַזנוואַרגקראָם (ayznvargkrom) (Yiddish)

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  "word": "hardware store"
}

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