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dair·y    Audio Help   [dair-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural dair·ies, adjective
–noun
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.
–adjective
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.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME daierie, equiv. to daie, deie dairymaid (OE dǣge bread maker; c. ON deigja; see lady) + -erie -ery]
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dair·y    Audio Help   (dâr'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. dair·ies
  1. A commercial establishment for processing or selling milk and milk products.
  2. A place where milk and cream are stored and processed.
  3. A dairy farm.
  4. The dairy business; dairying.

adj.  
  1. Of, for, or relating to milk or milk products: the dairy section at the grocery store.
  2. Of or relating to dairying.
  3. Judaism Of, relating to, or intended for the consumption or preparation of milk or milk products exclusively, as dictated by dietary law.


[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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dairy 
1290, from Anglo-Fr. -erie suffix affixed to M.E. daie (in daie maid "dairymaid"), from O.E. dæge "kneader of bread, housekeeper, female servant" (see dey (1)). The native word was dey-house.

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dairy

noun
a farm where dairy products are produced 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dairy1 [ˈdeəri] nounplural ˈdairies
a shop supplying milk, butter, cheese etc
Example: We bought milk at the dairy.
Arabic: مَلْبَنَه، دُكّان ألْبان
Chinese (Simplified): 牛奶及乳品店
Chinese (Traditional): 乳品店
Czech: mlékárna
Danish: mejeri
Dutch: zuivelbedrijf
Estonian: piimapood
Finnish: maitokauppa
French: crémerie
German: das Milchgeschäft
Greek: γαλακτοπωλείο
Hungarian: tejcsarnok
Icelandic: mjólkurbúð
Indonesian: toko susu
Italian: latteria
Japanese: 乳製品店
Latvian: piena veikals
Lithuanian: pieninė
Norwegian: meieri, melkeutsalg
Polish: sklep nabiałowy
Portuguese (Brazil): leiteria
Portuguese (Portugal): leitaria
Romanian: lăptărie
Russian: молочная
Slovak: mliekareň
Slovenian: mlekarna
Spanish: lechería
Swedish: mjölkaffär, ostaffär
Turkish: sütçü dükkânı
dairy2 [ˈdeəri] noun
the place on a farm etc where milk is kept and butter and cheese are made
Arabic: مَعْمَل ألْبان
Chinese (Simplified): 牛奶房
Chinese (Traditional): 牛奶房
Czech: mlékárna, spíže na mléko
Danish: mælkerum
Dutch: melkerij
Estonian: piimahoidla, meierei
Finnish: maitohuone
French: laiterie
German: die Molkerei
Greek: γαλακτοκομείο
Hungarian: tejgazdaság
Icelandic: mjólkurhús
Indonesian: perusahaan susu
Italian: caseificio
Japanese: 乳製品加工所
Latvian: pienotava
Lithuanian: pieninė
Norwegian: melkebu
Polish: mleczarnia
Portuguese (Brazil): leiteria
Portuguese (Portugal): queijaria
Romanian: lăptărie
Russian: маслобойня, сыроварня
Slovak: mliekareň
Slovenian: mlekarna
Spanish: vaquería
Swedish: mejeri
Turkish: süthane
See also: dairy cow, dairy farm

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Dairy, OR Zip code(s): 97625

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Dairy

Dai"ry\ (d[=a]"r[y^]), n.; pl. Dairies (-r[i^]z). [OE. deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja, orig., a baking maid, fr. Icel. deig. [root]66. See Dough.]

1. The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.

What stores my dairies and my folds contain. --Dryden.

2. That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese.

Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter. --Temple.

3. A dairy farm. [R.]

Note: Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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