-ery
noun suffix
plural -eries
1
: qualities collectively : character : -ness
snobbery
2
: art : practice
quackery
trickery
3
: place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified)
fishery
bakery
eatery
4
: collection : aggregate
finery
greenery
5
: state or condition
slavery
Word History
Etymology
Middle English -erie, from Anglo-French, from -ier -er + -ie -y
Kids Definition
-ery
noun suffix
ə-rē,
rē
plural -eries
1
: qualities considered as a group : character : -ness
2
: art : practice
trickery
3
: place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling
fishery
bakery
4
: collection
finery
5
: state or condition
slavery