subcategory

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sub kat′ə gôr′ē, -gōr′ē)

Inflections of 'subcategory' (n): npl: subcategories

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sub•cat•e•go•ry  (sub kat′ə gôr′ē, -gōr′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries. 
  1. a subordinate category or a division of a category.
  • sub- + category

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