dairy

CEFRA2

/ˈdɛə.ɹi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A place or business that produces milk products.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A 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.

Examples

  • A dairy cow is a useful animal.

  • The doctor told me to eat less red meat and dairy.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈdeːɹi/
  • /ˈdeɹɪ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  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.

More examples

In context

  • I really hate dairy products.

  • Can you go and buy some yoghurt and blue cheese from the dairy?

  • Go and fetch the butter from the dairy.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.