homeware

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noun

Furnishings for the home, such as furniture and cushions.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

nounhomeware (countable and uncountable, plural homewares)

plural homewares

  1. IrelandUKcountableuncountableFurnishings for the home, such as furniture and cushions.

    […] selling homewares has become the toughest job on the high street.

    2009 January 23, Zoe Wood, “War on the home front as Ikea chief tempts flatpack-phobic”, in The Guardian

Origin

  1. Middle Englishhom
  2. Englishhome
  3. Proto-Germanic*warō
  4. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  5. Old Englishwaru
  6. Middle Englishware
  7. Englishhomeware

From home + -ware.

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APA

homeware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeware

MLA

“homeware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeware. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homeware,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeware.

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