dairy
Use Dairy in a sentence
i 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.
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.
00:10
Dairy
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To dairy
Collins
World English Dictionary
dairy (ˈdɛərɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl dairies | |
| 1. | a company that supplies milk and milk products |
| 2. | a. a shop that sells provisions, esp milk and milk products |
| b. (NZ) a shop that remains open outside normal trading hours | |
| 3. | a room or building where milk and cream are stored or made into butter and cheese |
| 4. | a. (modifier) of or relating to the production of milk and milk products: dairy cattle |
| b. (in combination): a dairymaid; a dairyman | |
| 5. | a. food containing milk or milk products: she can't eat dairy |
| b. (as modifier): dairy produce | |
| [C13 daierie, from Old English dǣge servant girl, one who kneads bread; see | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
dairy
late 13c., 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Example sentences
But the the question where milk comes from has the potential to reach beyond dairy farms and breakfast tables.
You've got to respect a university that has a real dairy farm smack in the middle of campus.
For some people, eating dairy products causes swelling, so try avoiding dairy products and see if that helps.
Consumption of both these tipples is sagging, after a jump in the price of the dairy products they contain.
Images for dairy
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
