hardline

Meanings

Noun

• A retail product collection consisting primarily of hardware targeting the do-it-yourself customer.
• A retail product collection which includes many non-information goods, such as home appliances, housewares, and sporting goods, in addition to the DIY hardware which is the focus of the first definition, above.
• A physical wire or cable connection; landline

Adjective

• uncompromising; rigidly holding to a set of beliefs
• belonging to a hardline

Origin

• hard + line