Hardware is a general term for equipment that can be touched/held by hand such as keys, locks, hinges, latches, handles, wire, chains, belts, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts. Household hardware is typically sold in hardware stores.

Types of tools Cleaning tools

• Broom
• Brush
• Feather duster
• Floor buffer
• Hataki
• Ice resurfacer
• Mop
• Mop bucket cart
• Needlegun scaler
• Pipe cleaner
• Pressure washer
• Sandblaster
• Sponge
• Squeegee
• Steam mop
• Tawashi
• Vacuum cleaner

Cutting and abrasive tools

• Blade
• Bolt cutter
• Broach
• Ceramic tile cutter
• Chisel
• Coping saw
• Countersink
• Diamond blade
• Diamond tool
• Draw knife
• Drill bit
• Emery cloth
• File
• Fretsaw
• Froe
• Glass cutter
• Grater
• Grinding wheel
• Hand saw
• Knife
• Miter saw
• Nail clipper
• Pipecutter
• Plane
• Pocket knife
• Rasp
• Razor
• Reamer
• Sandpaper
• Saw
• Scalpel
• Scissors
• Steel wool
• Surform
• Switchblade
• Utility knife
• Water jet cutter
• Wire brush
• Wire cutter
• Wire stripper

Garden tools

• Adze
• Axe
• Baling hook
• Billhook
• Bow saw
• Chainsaw
• Cultivator
• Earth auger
• Edger
• Garden fork
• Garden hose
• Garden trowel
• Hatchet
• Hedge trimmer
• Hoe
• Hori hori
• Irrigation sprinkler
• Lawn aerator
• Lawn mower
• Lawn sweeper
• Leaf blower
• Loppers
• Loy
• Machete
• Mattock
• Pickaxe
• Pitchfork
• Plough (plow)
• Post hole digger
• Pruning shears (secateurs)
• Rake
• Roller
• Rotary tiller
• Scythe
• Shovel
• Sickle
• Slasher
• Spade
• Splitting maul
• String trimmer

Hand tools

• Block plane
• BNC inserter/remover
• Brace
• Bradawl
• Breaker bar
• Card scraper
• Cat's paw
• Caulking gun
• Clamp
• Crimping pliers
• Crowbar
• Grease gun
• Fish tape
• Hammer
• Hand truck
• Hawk
• Hex key
• Impact driver
• Jack
• Lug wrench
• Locking pliers
• Mallet
• Mitre box
• Monkey wrench
• Multi-tool
• Nut driver
• Paint roller
• Paintbrush
• Pipe wrench
• Pliers
• Plumber's snake
• Plumber wrench
• Plunger
• Punch
• Punch down tool
• Putty knife
• Ratchet
• Sink wrench
• Scratch awl
• Screwdriver
• Sledgehammer
• Socket wrench
• Spike maul
• Staple gun
• Stitching awl
• Strap wrench
• Tire iron
• Tongue-and-groove pliers
• Torque wrench
• Trowel
• Upholstery hammer
• Wrench (spanner)

Machine and metalworking tools

• Automatic lathe
• Ball-peen hammer
• Broaching machine
• Drill press
• Endmill
• English wheel
• Gear shaper
• Grinding machine
• Hacksaw
• Hobbing machine
• Jig borer
• Lathe
• Metalworking lathe
• Milling cutter
• Milling machine
• Planer
• Plasma cutter
• Screw machine
• Shaper
• Tap and die
• Thread restorer
• Tool bit
• Turret lathe
• Welder

Measuring and alignment tools

• Architect's scale
• Beam compass
• Caliper
• Chalk box
• Compass
• Engineer's scale
• Flexible curve
• Jig
• Laser level
• Laser line level
• Laser measuring tool
• Micrometer
• Plumb-bob
• Protractor
• Ruler
• Scale
• Sliding T bevel
• Spirit level
• Square
• Straightedge
• Tape measure
• Template
• Triangle

Power tools

• Angle grinder
• Bandsaw
• Belt sander
• Blow torch
• Chop saw
• Circular saw
• Concrete saw
• Crusher
• Cutting torch
• Die grinder
• Drill
• Glue gun
• Heat gun
• Impact wrench
• Jackhammer
• Jigsaw
• Jointer
• Nail gun
• Power trowel
• Radial arm saw
• Random orbital sander
• Reciprocating saw
• Rotary tool
• Router table
• Sander
• Scroll saw
• Soldering gun
• Soldering iron
• Steam box
• Table saw
• Thickness planer
• Wood router
• Wood shaper

Other

• Antique tools
• Backscratcher
• Bucket
• Comb
• Flashlight
• Halligan bar
• Kelly tool
• Ladder
• Pencil
• Tool belt
• Toolbox
• Vise
• Workbench

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• Locksmithing
• Wire
• Chains
• Belt drives
• Plumbing
• Electrical wiring
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Noun

hardware m. (usually uncountable)

1. (computing) hardware

Synonyms

• matériel

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