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dairy

[ dair-ee ]

noun

, plural dair·ies
  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. milk, or products made from or containing milk; dairy products, as butter and cheese:

    He avoids red meat, processed foods, and dairy in his diet.

  5. (in Jewish dietary law) 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.


adjective

  1. of or relating to a dairy or a dairy farm.
  2. relating to or for milk, cream, butter, cheese, etc.:

    dairy products; the dairy case at a supermarket.

  3. (in Jewish dietary law) of or relating to dairy, in contrast to meat and meat products.

dairy

/ ˈdɛərɪ /

noun

  1. a company that supplies milk and milk products
    1. a shop that sells provisions, esp milk and milk products
    2. a shop that remains open outside normal trading hours
  2. a room or building where milk and cream are stored or made into butter and cheese
    1. modifier of or relating to the production of milk and milk products

      dairy cattle

    2. ( in combination )

      a dairymaid

      a dairyman

    1. food containing milk or milk products

      she can't eat dairy

    2. ( as modifier )

      dairy produce



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Word History and Origins

Origin of dairy1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dairy1

C13 daierie, from Old English dǣge servant girl, one who kneads bread; see dough , lady

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Example Sentences

A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.

Like Lent, the season of Advent was a period of reflection and fasting, and items such as dairy and sugar were forbidden.

Mixing meat and dairy is a kosher rule-breaker, so they switched the cheese for potatoes.

“I had no sugars, no dairy, I had no carbs,” James announced with pride.

The inability to refrigerate has meant the end of perishables in Mosul such as meat and dairy.

Letty has just had another baby, and her dairy-maid got married and left at this busy time, and I'm sick and good for naught.

The sight of Katie passing quietly out and in to the dairy quieted him still more.

The Brie is famous for its grain and its dairy products, especially cheeses.

Cattle and swine were raised in countless numbers, the former more for draft purposes and the products of the dairy than for beef.

Is a breed that has been much sought after of late years, from their reputation for fine dairy qualities.

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