| Main Entry: | hardware |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tools; fittings, especially made of metal |
Synonyms: |
accouterments, appliances, fasteners, fixtures, household furnishings, housewares, implements, ironware, kitchenware, metalware, plumbing, utensils |
| Main Entry: | armament(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon(s) |
Synonyms: |
ammunition, arms, defense, gun, hardware, heat*, material, materiel, munitions, ordnance, protection, security, weaponry |
| Main Entry: | gem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precious stone; treasure |
Synonyms: |
bauble, glass*, hardware, jewel, jewelry, masterpiece, nonpareil, ornament, paragon, pearl, pick, prize, rock*, sparkler, stone, trump* |
| Main Entry: | gun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon that shoots |
Synonyms: |
9 mm., Saturday-night special, Uzi, blaster, cannon, difference*, equalizer, flintlock, forty-five, handgun, hardware, howitzer, magnum, mortar, musket, ordnance, peashooter, persuader, piece*, pistol, revolver, rifle, rod, shotgun, thirty-eight |
| Main Entry: | jewel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precious stone |
Synonyms: |
baguette, bauble, bead, bijou, birthstone, brilliant, gem, gemstone, glass, gullion, hardware, ornament, rock*, sparkler, stone, trinket |
| Main Entry: | medal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decoration of honor |
Synonyms: |
badge, commemoration, gold, hardware, laurel, medallion, reward, ribbon, wreath |
| Notes: | meddle means to intrude or interfere in other people's affairs or business; mettle is the courage and fortitude to carry on; a medal is a piece of metal in the form of a coin intended to be used as an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event |
| Main Entry: | metal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lustrous chemical element |
Synonyms: |
alloy, casting, deposit, foil, hardware, ingot, leaf, load, mail, mineral, native rock, ore, plate, solder, vein |
| Main Entry: | trinket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knickknack |
Synonyms: |
bagatelle, bauble, bead, bibelot, curio, doodad, gadget, gewgaw, gimcrack, glass*, hardware, jewel, jewelry, junk, nothing*, novelty, objet d'art, ornament, plaything, rock*, sparkler, stone, toy, trifle, whatnot |
| Main Entry: | armament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon |
Synonyms: |
ammunition, arms, defense, gun, hardware, heat, material, munitions, ordnance, protection, security, weaponry |
| Main Entry: | computer hardware |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computer's mechanical system |
Synonyms: |
CPU, central processing unit, computer, computer unit, data processor, disk drive, floppy disk, hard drive, hardware, magnetic disk, microcomputer, microelectronics device, modem, output device, personal computer, supercomputer, tape drive |