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-ery

noun suffix

: qualities considered as a group : character

: place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (something)

: collection

plural -eries

Full Definition of -ERY

: qualities collectively : character : -ness <snobbery>

: art : practice <quackery> <trickery>

: place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified) <fishery> <bakery> <eatery>

: collection : aggregate <finery> <greenery>

: state or condition <slavery>

Middle English -erie, from Anglo-French, from -ier -er + -ie -y

-ERY Defined for Kids

noun suffix \ə-rē, rē\

plural -er·ies

: qualities considered as a group : character : -ness

: art : practice <trickery>

: place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling <fishery> <bakery>

: collection <finery>

: state or condition <slavery>

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