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dairy

[dair-ee]

noun

plural

dairies 
  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. dairy farm.

  5. 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.

  6. (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

/ ˈɛəɪ /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dairy1

1250–1300; Middle English daierie, equivalent to daie, deie dairymaid ( Old English ǣ bread maker; cognate with Old Norse deigja; lady ) + -erie -ery
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dairy1

C13 daierie, from Old English ǣ servant girl, one who kneads bread; see dough , lady
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You would be forgiven for thinking a cheese-rolling festival would involve the dairy product itself.

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Bird flu already has devastated the dairy and poultry industries in many regions and sickened dozens of farmworkers.

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Celeriac — the knobby, subterranean root of the celery plant — makes an especially luxurious purée after a simmer in stock and dairy.

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“My grandfather had two dairy farms. I remember getting ice cream made from that fresh cream at the top of that vat. I saw the commitment that farmers have to what they do.”

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The daughter of a dairy farmer and a school teacher, she rode ponies as a child near her home in Killenaule, County Tipperary, in the Republic of Ireland.

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