Function: noun suffix
Inflected Form: plural -eries
Etymology: Middle English -erie, from Anglo-French, from -ier -er + -ie -y
1 : qualities collectively : character : -NESS <snobb ery >
2 : art : practice <quack ery > <trick ery >
3 : place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified) <fish ery > <bak ery > <eat ery >
4 : collection : aggregate <fin ery > <green ery >
5 : state or condition <slav ery >