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dairy.

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

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɛə.ɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdɛɚ.i//ˈdɛɹ.i//ˈdeːɹi/Australia

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

    uncountable

  2. 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.

  3. A place that produces, processes, or sells such products: A dairy farm.

    countable · uncountable

  4. 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?

  5. A corner store, superette or minimart.

    New-Zealand · countable · uncountable

  6. A woman's breast.

    countable · in-plural · slang · uncountable · vulgar
Where this word comes from

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.

adj/ˈdɛə.ɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdɛɚ.i//ˈdɛɹ.i//ˈdeːɹi/Australia

  1. Referring to products produced from milk.

    not-comparable

  2. Referring to products produced from milk. Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes.

    not-comparable · specifically

  3. Referring to the milk production and processing industries.

    not-comparable

  4. On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

    UK · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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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