# wasties

**Pronunciation:** WASTIES

**CEFR level:** B1

**Part of speech:** noun

## Meaning

Wasties means dry mouth; xerostomia.

## Examples

- The article uses wasties to mean (slang) dry mouth; xerostomia.
- The teacher asked students to find wasties in the reading.
- Check the words around wasties to choose the right meaning.

## Common patterns

- a/the wasties — Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — The article mentioned a wasties.
- wasties in context — Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — We checked wasties in context before translating it.

## Collocations

- wasties example — The teacher gave a wasties example.
- wasties meaning — We checked the wasties meaning before moving on.

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