Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A commercial establishment for processing or selling milk and milk products.
- n. A place where milk and cream are stored and processed.
- n. A dairy farm.
- n. The dairy business; dairying.
- adj. Of, for, or relating to milk or milk products: the dairy section at the grocery store.
- adj. Of or relating to dairying.
- adj. Judaism Of, relating to, or intended for the consumption or preparation of milk or milk products exclusively, as dictated by dietary law.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. That branch of farming which is concerned with the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese.
- n. A house or room where milk and cream are kept and made into butter and cheese.
- n. A shop where milk, butter, etc., are sold.
- n. A dairy-farm.
Wiktionary
- n. A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.
- n. A shop selling dairy products.
- n. Products produced from milk.
- n. New Zealand A corner-store, superette or 'mini-mart' of some description.
- adj. referring to products produced from milk.
- adj. referring to the milk production and processing industries
- adj. UK on food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.
- n. That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese.
- n. rare A dairy farm.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a farm where dairy products are produced
Etymologies
- Origin 1250-1300, (Middle English daierie and other forms), from dey ("dairymaid") + -ery. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English daierie : Middle English daie, dairymaid (from Old English dǣge, bread kneader; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots) + Anglo-Norman -erie, place (from Old French; see -ery). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It might also not be a bad idea to drop the word "dairy.”
“When were growth hormones an issue in dairy foods and meats?”
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“The ability to digest the milk sugar lactose first evolved in dairy farming communities in central Europe, not in more northern groups as was previously thought, finds a new study led by UCL (University College London) scientists published in the journal PLoS Computational Biology.”
“It is interesting to note that worldwide, India ranks first in dairy production followed by the United States.”
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“This tianguis booth specializes in dairy products with clotted cream in covered plastic glasses, many kinds of cheese and a bowl of golden milk custard.”
“Then Sopo, where the main dairy plant in this region exists (Antioquia has more dairy than Cundinamarca has, but I learned nothing of the paisa production).”
“The main dairy production in our part of the country is out of Alpina, in Sopo.”
“You know, I'm betting these would be a great entertain-the-kids activity to do over the summer holidays - depending on how young they are, the full fat dairy is actually beneficial - and they can make fun shapes out of the dough that are all their own!”
“He talks about the antibiotics in dairy, the steroids in meat, the mercury in fish.”
“That means I've been able to help people with dairy protein allergies, vegans, those who want to keep kosher, and others who want to reduce, limit, or eliminate dairy from the diet.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dairy’.
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Cattle
cattle, cow, beef, steer, heifer, calf, bull, cattle call, Black Angus, Hereford, Holstein, Dwarf Lulu and 402 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Down on the Farm
All things farm and agriculture related.
barn, tractor, cow, hay, horse, pig, corn, plough, irrigation, subsidies, crops, plant and 260 more...
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Gas-Inducing Foodstuffs
Foods that produce flatulence. List title a shameless filching of a fortuitous phrase yarb introduced in his definition of scotch egg. I know everyone has a few foods they avoid at certain times ...
scotch egg, cabbage, chili beans, garbanzo beans, chickpeas, hummus, pickled eggs, rutabaga, radish, jerusalem artichoke, brussels sprouts, cauliflower and 42 more...
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wreckingball's Words
reprehensible, problematize, crepuscular, deleterious, pestilent, strumpet, draggletail, interrobang, meretricious, systematize, schadenfreude, capricious and 443 more...
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English
rewarding, wit, landmark, core, soar, drop, plunge, plummet, dive, level off, rocket, peak and 110 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 more...
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Oregon towns that you'd find in the d...
boring, zigzag, rhododendron, halfway, bend, drain, beaver, alfalfa, cove, warren, wagontire, needy and 25 more...
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Old English Spelling Bee List
need to know these words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
quell, bower, keen, alderman, cleanser, sallow, gristle, nestle, abide, gospel, nether, farthing and 84 more...
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11227 telegraph hf
elasticated, buckle, super-sizing, billowing, soar, obese, wolf down, flanked, imposing, culinary, temple to, cabinet of and 22 more...
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Addy's Spelling Words
words that Addy should know how to spell
aboard, backward, cabin, dairy, eagle, factories, gable, habbit, iceberg, jelly, kettle, label and 12 more...
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A Kea Sat On My Chilly Bin
Words from the Shaky Isles.
boy racer, aotearoa, bach, wop-wops, treaty of waitangi, kumara, chilly bin, cow-cocky, zambuck, waikikamukau, tinbum, eh and 12 more...
Tweets
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bilby NZ slang - corner store. Feb 8, 2009