Word family noun special specialist speciality/specialty specialization specialism adjective special specialized verb specialize adverb specially
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspecialityspe‧ci‧al‧i‧ty /ˌspeʃiˈæləti/ ●○○ noun (plural specialities) [countable] British English 1 DFFa type of food that a person, restaurant, or area is well known for SYN specialty American English The restaurant offers a wide variety of local specialities. the region’s speciality cheese► see thesaurus at food2 SEKNOW somethinga subject or job that you know a lot about or have a lot of experience of SYN specialty American English Preston’s speciality was night photography.Examples from the Corpus
speciality• Rhineland dishes are a speciality of restaurant and there's a superbly comfortable bar.• The home-made bread, pies and puddings are a speciality.• The Jakarta operation is geared up to serve protection coatings, marine, packaging and speciality industrial end-users.• Maybe sports comedy will become his speciality.• Two years ago women still made up only 17 % of consultants in medical specialities in hospitals.• There he built a model farm specialising in truffles - the regional speciality - potatoes and nuts.• But it took writers, editors and phrase-makers, all New York specialities, to provide content.From Longman Business Dictionaryspecialityspe‧ci‧al‧i‧ty1 /ˌspeʃiˈæləti/ noun (plural specialities) [countable] British English a subject or skill that you know a lot about or have a lot of experience ofSYNSPECIALTY AmEMy speciality is international tax law.specialityspeciality2 adjective [only before a noun] British EnglishCOMMERCE1speciality products are special or unusual in some way, and are therefore usually expensivea range of speciality paints2speciality shop/restaurant a shop or restaurant that sells unusual products or food that are special in some way 