Synonyms:
hardware
Meaning: major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)
Usage examples
A hardware store should have what we need.
Mr. Merrick stopped his horse to speak with the hardware man, an old acquaintance.
When they reached the hardware store, opposite Cotting's, Mr. West, the proprietor, was standing on the broad platform in front of it.
"One day the leading hardware merchant of Grassdale drops around to the hotel where me and Andy stopped, and smokes with us, sociable, on the side porch.
A widower of long standing, without children or near relatives, he occupied a suite of well-appointed rooms over the hardware store and took his meals at the hotel.
That speech pleased Uncle John, and as the hardware merchant bowed and turned away, Mr. Merrick said in his cheeriest tones: "He's quite right, my dears, and we're lucky to have found such a fine, roomy place for our establishment.