dairy

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Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈdɛə.ɹi/
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/ˈdɛə.ɹi/ · /ˈdɛɚ.i/ · /ˈdɛɹ.i/ · /ˈdeːɹi/ · /ˈdeəɹi/ · /ˈdiəɹi/ · /ˈdeɹɪ/ · /deɹe/ · /ˈdɜːɹɪ/

Definition of dairy

10 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)(also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
    “My routine changed in February because I stopped alcohol, caffeine and dairy. Normally, I would have drunk a strong beer before I went to bed and made an espresso in the morning. It’s boring now but healthier.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)(also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
    “My routine changed in February because I stopped alcohol, caffeine and dairy. Normally, I would have drunk a strong beer before I went to bed and made an espresso in the morning. It’s boring now but healthier.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:
    “Go and fetch the butter from the dairy.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:
  4. (countable, uncountable)A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:
    “Can you go and buy some yoghurt and blue cheese from the dairy?”
  5. (New-Zealand, countable, uncountable)A corner store, superette or minimart.
  6. (countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable, vulgar)A woman's breast.
    “Her dairies as Wallop had called them were on display, or at least as much of them as she and Ruth could not contrive to cover.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Referring to products produced from milk.
  2. (not-comparable, specifically)Referring to products produced from milk.
    “Is this milk dairy or soy?”
  3. (not-comparable)Referring to the milk production and processing industries.
  4. (British, not-comparable)On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

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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.

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