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hamstery

hamstery noun: a place where hamsters are bred.

Noun

hamstery (plural hamsteries)

  1. A place where hamsters are bred.
    • oakmont's citrine hamstery
      Specializing in Dwarf hamsters of lilac fawn, and blue fawn coloration.
      Litters soon available, so reserve today!2001 July 2, Mwsnsanibel, “REPOST: NEWEST HAMSTERY AROUND”, in alt.pets.hamsters (Usenet), retrieved 12 Apr 2022

Adjective

hamstery (comparative more hamstery, superlative most hamstery)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of hamsters.
    • She was lying on Mr Lynwood's rug, inhaling the hamstery smell of his boot, and she wondered whether she could ever scrub herself clean.2008, Peter Wild, The Empty Page: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth, page 124

Forms of hamstery

Noun
pluralhamsteries
Adjective
comparativemore hamstery
superlativemost hamstery

Origin of hamstery

From hamster + -ery.

From hamster + -y.

Questions about hamstery

What does hamstery mean?
Hamstery means a place where hamsters are bred.
What part of speech is hamstery?
Hamstery can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of hamstery?
The plural of hamstery is hamsteries.

Words near hamstery in the dictionary

  1. hamsterization
  2. hamsterkind
  3. hamsterless
  4. hamsterlike
  5. hamsters
  6. hamstery
  7. Hamstra
  8. Hamstras
  9. Hamstreet
  10. hamstring
  11. hamstringed

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