OXFORD DICTIONARY
, n.
1 (esp. in comb.) things of the same kind, esp. ceramics, made usu. for sale (chinaware; hardware).
2 (usu. in pl.) a articles for sale (displayed his wares). b a person's skills, talents, etc.
3 ceramics etc. of a specified material, factory, or kind (Wedgwood ware; Delft ware).
, v.tr. (also 'ware) (esp. in hunting) look out for; avoid (usu. in imper.: ware hounds!).
, predic.adj. poet. aware.
OE w{aelig}r f. Gmc: cf. WARD
THESAURUS
alive, apprehensive, article, article of commerce, article of merchandise, au courant, awake, catalog goods, cognizant, commodities, commodity, conscious, consumer goods, consumer items, conversant, drug, effects, feature, goods, goods for sale, inventory, item, job lot, knowing, lead item, leader, line, line of goods, loss leader, mail-order goods, merchandise, product, seconds, sensible, sideline, special, standard article, staple, staple item, staples, stock, stock-in-trade, vendible, vendibles, wares
ROGET THESAURUS
Warning
VB
warn, caution, forewarn, prewarn, admonish, premonish, give notice, give warning, dehort, menace, put on one's guard, sound the alarm, croak, beware,
ware, take warning, take heed at one's peril, keep watch and ward.
Merchandise
N
merchandise,
ware, commodity, effects, goods, article, stock, product, produce, staple commodity, stock in trade, cargo.