Dairy Definition
dârē
dairies
noun
dairies
A building or room where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
Webster's New World
A commercial establishment that processes and distributes milk and milk products.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
The dairy business; dairying.
American Heritage
A retail store where these are sold.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- dairy farm
- stillroom
- creamery
- farm
- milk station
- buttery
- cooperative
- pasteurizing plant
- Babcock testing station
- cheese factory
- ice-cream plant
- processing plant
- cow barn
adjective
Of milk, cream, butter, cheese, etc.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to dairying.
American Heritage
Of or relating to food products containing milk or milk derivatives and not containing meat or meat derivatives, as dictated by dietary law.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Dairy
Noun
Singular:
dairyPlural:
dairiesOrigin of Dairy
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Middle English daierie daie dairymaid (from Old English dǣge bread kneader dheigh- in Indo-European roots) Anglo-Norman -erie place (from Old French –ery)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Origin 1250–1300, (Middle English daierie and other forms), from dey (“dairymaid”) + -ery.
From Wiktionary
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