Dairy Meaning
/ˈdɛə.ɹi/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
noun(also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
nounA place that produces, processes, or sells such products:, A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.
Sentence Examples
A dairy cow is a useful animal.
I really hate dairy products.
The doctor told me to eat less red meat and dairy.
CEFR Practice Quiz
We bought fresh milk and cheese from the local ____ farm.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A ____ cow is a useful animal.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2023 May 14, Alix Strauss, “How the Head of a Filmmaking Center Spends His Sundays”, in The New York Times:
"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."
— 2011, Kate Moore, To Seduce an Angel:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We bought fresh milk and cheese from the local ____ farm.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A ____ cow is a useful animal.