English Explanatory Dictionary

dairy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
  2. A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:
  3. A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.
  4. A dairy farm.
  5. A shop selling dairy products.
  6. A corner store, superette or minimart.
  7. A woman's breast.
adj
  1. Referring to products produced from milk.
  2. Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes.
  3. Referring to the milk production and processing industries.
  4. On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛə.ɹi/ /ˈdɛɚ.i/ /ˈdɛɹ.i/ en-us-dairy.ogg /ˈdeːɹi/ /ˈdeəɹi/ /ˈdiəɹi/ /ˈdeɹɪ/ /deɹe/ /ˈdɜːɹɪ/

Word forms

dairy dairies

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English deyerie (“dairy, dairy farm”), from Anglo-Norman deyerie (“dairy”), from deye (“dairymaid”) + -erie (“-ery”); by surface analysis, dey (“dairymaid”) + -ry. Cognate with Scots dery, dyrie.

Synonyms

milkhouse milkery

Related words

milky

Derived words

antidairy Dairy Arm dairy bar dairy cattle dairy cow dairyer dairy farmer dairy farming Dairy Flat dairy-free dairygirl dairyhouse dairying dairyland dairyless dairylike dairy lunch dairymaid dairyman dairy product dairywoman megadairy model dairy dairy cake dairy milk nondairy

Translations

Arabic: حَلِيبِيّ Arabic: لَبَنِيّ Belarusian: мало́чны Bulgarian: мле́чен Czech: mléčný Dutch: zuivel- French: laitier Georgian: რძის German: Milch- Greek: γαλακτοκομικός Hebrew: חֲלָבִי Hindi: दुग्ध Italian: caseario Macedonian: млечен Malay: tenusu Norwegian: meieri- Norwegian: melke- Polish: mleczny Portuguese: leiteiro Portuguese: lácteo Portuguese: laticínio Romanian: lactat Russian: моло́чный Serbo-Croatian: мле̑чнӣ Serbo-Croatian: млије̑чнӣ Serbo-Croatian: mlȇčnī Serbo-Croatian: mlijȇčnī Slovak: mliečny Slovene: mlečen Spanish: lácteo Swahili: shajara Tagalog: gatasin Ukrainian: моло́чний Yiddish: מילכיק
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