Hardware
Hardware noun - Items needed for the performance of a task or activity.
Usage example: gathered together the hardware needed to set up a first aid station at the finish line for the marathon
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| old | old hardware | old machinery |
| expensive | expensive hardware | expensive machinery |
| special | special hardware | special machinery |
| best | best hardware | best machinery |
| Other adjectives: better, identical, alien, inferior, real, internal, necessary, ancient, new, advanced, damaged, military, working, said, various, modern, specialized, industrial. | ||
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- Involves heavy machinery, lost military hardware, Ax-Crazy people, etc.
Source: Russian Humour -
What's even funnier about the Confederates in the Second Great War is, in spite of the uniforms and alliances with the traditional Allies, their military hardware ended up resembling German machinery.
Source: Putting on the Reich -
They also standardized arcade hardware: Data East released the first general-purpose arcade board in 1980, and the Japan Amusement Machinery Manufacturers Association (JAMMA) introduced the eventual world standard for arcade cabinet wiring in 1985.
Source: Useful Notes / Arcade Game
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Machinery and Hardware. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hardware/machinery
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Machinery or Hardware. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hardware/machinery.
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