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wastry

UK/ˈweɪstɹi/

wastry noun: extravagance, wastefulness.

Noun

wastry (uncountable)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) Extravagance, wastefulness.
    • Syne Chae had the toddy made and he handed a glass to Ewan first, as was right with a man, and another to Chris, with three spoonfuls of sugar in it, Mistress Strachan might have had something to say about that if she'd seen such wastry.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 136
    Synonyms:
    wastery

Adjective

wastry (comparative more wastry, superlative most wastry)

  1. wasteful, extravagant

Synonyms of wastry

Forms of wastry

comparativemore wastry
superlativemost wastry

Origin of wastry

From waste + -ery.

Words that rhyme with wastry

Questions about wastry

What does wastry mean?
Wastry means extravagance, wastefulness.
What part of speech is wastry?
Wastry can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce wastry?
Wastry is pronounced /ˈweɪstɹi/ (UK).

Words near wastry in the dictionary

  1. wastors
  2. wastour
  3. wastours
  4. wastrel
  5. wastrels
  6. wastry
  7. wasts
  8. Wastwater
  9. wasty
  10. Wasukuma
  11. wasup

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