Dairy

//ˈdɛə.ɹi// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk. uncountable

    "My routine changed in February because I stopped alcohol, caffeine and dairy. Normally, I would have drunk a strong beer before I went to bed and made an espresso in the morning. It’s boring now but healthier."

  2. 2
    a farm where dairy products are produced wordnet
  3. 3
    A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:; A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese. countable, uncountable

    "Go and fetch the butter from the dairy."

  4. 4
    A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:; A dairy farm. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:; A shop selling dairy products. countable, uncountable

    "Can you go and buy some yoghurt and blue cheese from the dairy?"

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  1. 6
    A corner store, superette or minimart. New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A woman's breast. countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable, vulgar

    "Her dairies as Wallop had called them were on display, or at least as much of them as she and Ruth could not contrive to cover."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Referring to products produced from milk. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Referring to products produced from milk.; Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes. not-comparable, specifically

    "Is this milk dairy or soy?"

  3. 3
    Referring to the milk production and processing industries. not-comparable
  4. 4
    On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream). British, not-comparable

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Example

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"A dairy cow is a useful animal."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English deyerie (“dairy, dairy farm”), from Anglo-Norman deyerie (“dairy”), from deye (“dairymaid”) + -erie (“-ery”); by surface analysis, dey (“dairymaid”) + -ry. Cognate with Scots dery, dyrie.

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