-ery

1.
a suffix of nouns denoting occupation, business, calling or condition, place or establishment, goods or products, things collectively, qualities, actions, etc.:
archery; bakery; cutlery; fishery; trickery; witchery.
Origin
Middle English < Old French -erie, equivalent to -ier -er2 + -ie -y3
British Dictionary definitions for -ery

-ery

suffix
1.
indicating a place of business or some other activity: bakery, brewery, refinery
2.
indicating a class or collection of things: cutlery, greenery
3.
indicating qualities or actions collectively: snobbery, trickery
4.
indicating a practice or occupation: husbandry
5.
indicating a state or condition: slavery
Word Origin
from Old French -erie; see -er1, -y³
Word Origin and History for -ery

word-forming element making nouns meaning "place for, art of, condition of, quantity of," from Middle English -erie, from Latin -arius.

Slang definitions & phrases for -ery

-ery

suffix
  1. used to form nouns
  2. Place or establishment where the indicated thing is used, done, sold, etc: boozery/ eatery/ minkery (1920s+)
  3. The collectivity or an instance of what is indicated: claptrappery/ jerkery