ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dairy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈdɛə.ɹi/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Dairy is a noun meaning (uncountable) (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

Meaning

(uncountable) (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

More Meanings

  1. A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:
  2. (New Zealand) A corner store, superette or minimart.
  3. Referring to products produced from milk.
  4. Referring to the milk production and processing industries.
  5. (British) On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).
  6. (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.

Example Sentences

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.
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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Related dictionary entries include milkman, lactate, milk, suckler, breast, cream.

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