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specialty

  • noun
  • /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ti/

That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick.

Other meanings

  1. A product that originates in and is characteristic of a place.

  2. A particular or peculiar case.

Related words

  • interspecialty
  • multispecialty
  • nonspecialty
  • specialty coffee
  • specialty store
  • cross-specialty
  • multi-specialty
  • sub-specialty
  • specialty crop
  • specialty shop

Word history

From Latin "specialitas".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “specialty” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.