American Dictionary
Definition specialty in American English
specialty
noun
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[countable]
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
/ˈspeʃ(ə)lti/
1
a food or drink prepared in a special way that a person, a restaurant, or a region is well known for and that you cannot always get in other places
Example
Seafood gumbo soup is one of the specialties in New Orleans.
2
a particular part of a wider subject that a person concentrates on or is an expert in
Example
His surgical specialty is knee replacements.
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