wastry

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈweɪstɹi/(UK)

Definition of wastry

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable)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.”
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noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable)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.”

adj

  1. wasteful, extravagant

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Etymology

From waste + -ery.

Anagrams of wastry

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