Phrase Hound found 435 phrases and 267 compound words that contain hard. The most common are listed below. Open hard in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 435
- hard driveAn electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
- hard diskOne of a series of parallel magnetic recording disks in a drive unit, used for the recording and retrieval of digital information; used especially in personal computers.
- hard workSomething requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- hard timeDifficulties; a difficult time; trouble.
- hard copyA printed copy of a digital document, as opposed to a copy in electronic form.
- hard-to-getThat is difficult to obtain.
- hard rockA rock music genre marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances.
- hard drivesplural of hard drive: An electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
- rock hardAs tough, hard, or inflexible as a piece of rock.
- hard-workingAlternative form of hardworking: Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
- hard of hearingHaving difficulty hearing; somewhat deaf.
- hard and fastAlternative form of hard-and-fast.
- hard signThe Cyrillic letter Ъ/ъ, which in modern languages serves to denote a hard (non-palatalized) consonant.
- Too Hard
- Work Hard
- die-hardAlternative spelling of diehard: Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
- hard waterWater with a high concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it difficult to lather with soap.
- hard lineA decided stance or policy on which one will not compromise.
- hard upLacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.
- hard-coreAlternative form of hardcore: Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.
- hard disk driveA hard drive or hard disk; a fixed disc drive containing rigid disks.
- hard RA movie that is intentionally produced to be R-rated ("Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian") by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), typically due to its multiple scenes of violence or nudity.
- hard codeTo build absolute and unchangeable values into a program such that they can only be changed by modifying the source code.
- Really Hard
- hard scienceAny of the natural and physical sciences that use the scientific method and experiments to test theories. Examples include mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry and geology.
Compound words 267
- hardwareFixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.
- hardcoreHaving an extreme dedication to a certain activity.
- hardcoverA book with a rigid binding, often of cardboard or leather.
- hardlyBarely, only just, almost not.
- hardshipDifficulty or trouble; hard times.
- hardwoodThe wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
- hardenTo become hard.
- hardbackA book with a solid binding.
- hardnessThe quality of being hard.
- hardstyleA genre of electronic dance music that combines elements of trance, techno, and hardcore, with origins in the Netherlands and Belgium.