1. pottery, typically that of a specified type: "blue-and-white majolica ware"
▪ manufactured articles of a specified type: "crystal ware"
▪ articles offered for sale:"traders in the street markets displayed their wares"
Word OriginOld Englishwaru ‘commodities’, of Germanic origin, perhaps the same word as Scots ware ‘cautiousness’, and having the primary sense ‘object of care’; related to ware2.