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noun

an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.

a shop or company that sells milk, butter, etc.

the business of a dairy farm, concerned with the production and treatment of milk and cream and the manufacture of butter and cheese.

dairy farm.

(in Jewish dietary law) dairy products.

adjective

of or pertaining to a dairy or a dairy farm.

of, for, or pertaining to milk, cream, butter, cheese, etc.: dairy products; the dairy case at a supermarket.

(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.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English daierie, equivalent to daie, deie dairymaid (Old English dǣge bread maker; cognate with Old Norse deigja; see lady) + -erie -ery

Can be confused: dairy, diary.

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The best rationale for dairy subsidy programs is not to ensure the status quo.

Many are graduate programs such as sociology and animal and dairy sciences.

Studies have linked milk and dairy consumption with hay fever, eczema and asthma.

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The best rationale for dairy subsidy programs is not to ensure the status quo.

Many are graduate programs such as sociology and animal and dairy sciences.

Studies have linked milk and dairy consumption with hay fever, eczema and asthma.

Nomads of all ages dine on the meat and dairy products of their herds.

Human breast milk contains valuable antibacterial enzymes that milk from dairy animals did not--until now.

Sometimes the loan can cover the purchase of a much-needed dairy cow.

Raw cashews, almond milk, and coconut take the place of dairy.

As milk prices soar one of the dairy industry's leading trade pubs gets a redesign.

Dairy products bearing the latest date should be purchased.

Anything made with dairy has usually entailed the death of the calf or kid for which the mother cow/goat produced the milk.

The dairy farmers may truly want this new development to be driven by policy, but please think of the manure issue it will create.

Strong bones need calcium and one of the best ways to get it is from dairy products.

But the the question where milk comes from has the potential to reach beyond dairy farms and breakfast tables.

However,I've seen bats suck the blood of dairy cows while they were grazing.

Pour whey if using, milk, and salt into pot and insert dairy thermometer into milk mixture.

Over the next several hours the cops raided five different squats on the dairy farmer's land.

State law prohibits sale of unpasteurized dairy products.

Let's say that everyone agrees with our poster and stops eating meat, eggs, and dairy products.

Consumption of both these tipples is sagging, after a jump in the price of the dairy products they contain.

If the moon were actually made of cheese, there'd be a new flavor of dairy for humans to sample.

Perhaps the dairy industry has discouraged this type of research.

If you live in town you may hardly ever see a cow, but you do see dairy industries.

You've got to respect a university that has a real dairy farm smack in the middle of campus.

They produce less milk than other types of dairy cows, averaging about two gallons a day.

The virus is so tenacious that it can survive even in some processed meat and in dairy products.

In a land poorly suited to agriculture, meat and dairy make up a large portion of the diet.

They found that people see food dishes containing meat as more masculine and salads and sour dairy products as more feminine.

Dairy cows raised on organic feed aren't pumped full of hormones.

Except for sheep, fish and dairy products, virtually everything consumed on the island is imported.

Meat, dairy and pet waste should never be added to compost.

See this study on traumatic injuries received from dairy cows: http://bitly/g3Lytr.

The dairy farmer wants to increase his production of milk.

Over the years, the firm has tried to diversify, buying businesses making dairy and food-processing equipment.

Certain in-vessel composting allows for the decomposition of meat, dairy and foods cooked in oil.

My early background as a teenager on a small dairy farm comes to mind.

The genetic tinkering is aimed at faster stocking of supermarket meat counters and dairy sections.

Over half of all green-heart dairy farmers, via local co-operatives, are paid to conserve the environment.

Locate a farm or market that sells locally produced dairy products.

Water contaminated by manure from a nearby dairy barn seeped into a well that provided water to the fair.

The leaky gut may be caused by diet such as gluten and dairy.

Among them are proteases, which cleave the dairy proteins, and lipases that chop fat molecules into even tinier bits.

We prefer dairy products, fireworks and grain-based adult beverages.

Dairy farmers have a dilemma: what to do with cows and a growing glut of milk as prices drop sharply.

For some people, eating dairy products causes swelling, so try avoiding dairy products and see if that helps.

Pennsylvania changes course and allows farmers to alert consumers that they do-or don't-ply their dairy cows with hormones.

Vermont's roads lead you to dairy farms, vineyards and local breweries for foodies looking for great eats.

The lactase gene is what allows humans to metabolize dairy products as adults.

Doctors usually recommend a diet heavy on dairy products and light on meat and fish for people who have gout.

Dairy cows' daily diet, much of which comes from plant forage, determines the nutritional makeup.

They'd kept dairy goats for years, but she is their first cow.

There is no evidence that dairy products, especially milk, increase phlegm.

Dairy farmers are rushing to convert to organic milk production before new, more stringent federal regulations take effect.

My husband recalls using a chemical in the dairy house for cleaning, with the word chromium in.

Meat and dairy products are options, and minor ones at that.

Goat cheese and other dairy products are already popular gourmet items.

Foods such as meat, bones, fish and dairy products create odors and should not be added to the compost pile.

Even the government's boasts of reforestation to replace forests cleared for dairy farming are less green than they might appear.

The concern is that the dairy products rapidly decompose and emit odors that bring vermin scurrying to tear up your compost pile.

The fourth rushed toward the dairy case in quest of the squad's ultimate goal: a quart of milk.

Meat, fish, poultry and dairy are good protein sources.

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Its peasants were encouraged to give up their land-use rights to a dairy company, which used the fields to produce fodder.

Because cheese comes from dairy cows which eat alfalfa and clover.

Expecting people to abandon meat and dairy products over night is unrealistic.

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World English Dictionary

dairy (ˈdɛərɪ)

—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 dough, lady]

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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.

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