[dair-ee] 
noun, plural dair⋅ies, adjective | 1. | an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made. |
| 2. | a shop or company that sells milk, butter, etc. |
| 3. | the business of a dairy farm, concerned with the production and treatment of milk and cream and the manufacture of butter and cheese. |
| 4. | dairy farm. |
| 5. | (in Jewish dietary law) dairy products. |
| 6. | of or pertaining to a dairy or a dairy farm. |
| 7. | of, for, or pertaining to milk, cream, butter, cheese, etc.: dairy products; the dairy case at a supermarket. |
| 8. | (in Jewish dietary law) of or pertaining to those foods, including all milk products, eggs, fish, vegetables, etc., that may be eaten at a meal in which milk is served, in contrast to meat and meat products, which may not. |
| dair·y (dâr'ē) n. pl. dair·ies
[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).] |
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