dairy

dair·y

Use dairy in a sentence

A dairy farm in Pennsylvania.

adjective

The definition of dairy is something referring to milk, cream, butter or cheese.
An example of something dairy is ice cream.

noun

Dairy is defined as a place where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
An example of a dairy is the building on a farm where the cow's milk is processed.

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dairy

noun

pl. -·ies

a building or room where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made
dairy farm
1. a commercial establishment that processes and distributes milk and milk products
2. a retail store where these are sold
milk and the foods made from it, considered as a group or category

Origin of dairy

Middle English daierie from daie, dairymaid from Old English dæge, (female) bread maker from dag, dough + -erie, -ery

of milk, cream, butter, cheese, etc.

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dairy

noun

pl. dair·ies

A commercial establishment for processing or selling milk and milk products.
A place where milk and cream are stored and processed.
A dairy farm.
The dairy business; dairying.
Food containing milk or milk derivatives.

adjective

Of, for, or relating to milk or milk products: the dairy section at the grocery store.
Of or relating to dairying.
Judaism Of or relating to food products containing milk or milk derivatives and not containing meat or meat derivatives, as dictated by dietary law.

Origin of dairy

Middle English daierie daie dairymaid ( from Old English dǣge bread kneader ; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.)Anglo-Norman -erie place ( from Old French; see -ery . )

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Noun

(plural dairies)

A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.
A shop selling dairy products.
(also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
(New Zealand) A corner-store, superette or 'mini-mart' of some description.

Adjective

(not comparable)

Referring to products produced from milk.
Referring to the milk production and processing industries
(UK) On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

Origin

Origin 1250–1300, (Middle English daierie and other forms), from dey (“dairymaid”) + -ery.

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