-waresuff.1. Articles of the same general kind, made of a specified material, or used in a specific application: hardware; silverware.2. Software: groupware; shareware.[From ware. Sense 2, from (soft)ware.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.