How do you pronounce wastry?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈweɪstɹi/.

wastry

/ˈweɪstɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wastry
IPA: /ˈweɪstɹi/

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Meaning

noun

Extravagance, wastefulness.

Uncountable

adj

wasteful, extravagant

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From waste + -ery.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: waste

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈweɪstɹi/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

more wastry (comparative) most wastry (superlative)

Synonyms

wastery

Rhymes With

pastry

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