speciality
noun/ˌspeʃiˈæləti/
/ˌspeʃiˈæləti/
(British English) (also specialty North American English, British English)
(plural specialities)
- a type of food or product that a restaurant or place is famous for because it is so good
- Seafood is a speciality on the island.
- local specialities
- a speciality cheese shop (= one that sells many different types of cheese)
- Haggis is a Scottish speciality.
- The drink is a house speciality prepared at the table.
- You can find their product in speciality retailers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- local
- regional
- house
- …
- food
- product
- retailer
- …
- an area of work or study that somebody gives most of their attention to and knows a lot about; something that somebody is good at
- My speciality is international tax law.
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the quality of being special or distinctive): from Old French especialite or late Latin specialitas, from Latin specialis, from species ‘appearance’, from specere ‘to look’.
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