ware

Everyday

1. (old use) Wares are goods or things made to be sold. tree →
2. A ware is a kind of article made from a material, such as crockery-ware or earthenware. tree →

In the lessons

goods or pots and pans for sale; in stories a merchant stores his goods in warehouses

Examples

• The merchant showed his wares in the market. tree →
• He tripped over a piece of broken crockery-ware. tree →
• The trader stored the ivory in his warehouses. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

It means goods that merchants sell. The prophets use it for trade, especially the rich trade of Tyre.

Interpretation. Tradition reads Ezekiel's long list of Tyre's trade as a warning that riches do not last.

Examples

• Gather up thy wares from the ground, O thou that abidest in the siege. (Prophets JER.10.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. (Writings NEH.13.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and horsemen and mules. (Prophets EZK.27.14, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths