ironmongers

Metal goods sellers

Ironmongers is the plural of ironmonger, a British term for a dealer in hardware—metal goods, tools, and household items like nails, hinges, and cookware.

The shop itself is an ironmonger's or ironmongery.

The term is old-fashioned in American English, where hardware store dominates: The ironmongers on the high street has been there for generations.

merchandise

nails

Metal fasteners, finger coverings

  • screwsThreaded metal fasteners
  • boltsThreaded metal fasteners
  • nutsSeeds in shells

hinges · brackets · latches · fasteners · washers · anchors · rivets · clamps · fittings · hooks

shop

store

Retail establishment

counter · stockroom · inventory · supplier · retail · trade · premises · storefront · signage · display

craft

blacksmith

Iron-shaping craftsperson

anvil · forge · foundry · tempering · quenching · welding · soldering · fabrication · hammering · tongs

tools

hammer

Tool for striking nails

saw · drill · chisel · mallet · file · spanner · clamp · grinder · bolt cutter · hacksaw

Categories
Opposites
trade material

ironmongersdrapers

Cloth and fabric sellers

haberdashers · mercers · clothiers · carpenters · woodworkers

product category

ironmongersflorists

Sellers of cut blooms

perfumers · milliners · confectioners · greengrocers · fishmongers

retail versus production

ironmongersblacksmiths

Artisans forging iron tools

smelters · ironworkers · steelmakers · metalworkers · miners

Family

ironmonger, ironmongery

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Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G