/ˈdɛə.ɹi/, /ˈdɛɚ.i/, /ˈdɛɹ.i/
OriginInherited 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.
- 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 h”
- countable, uncountableA place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.
“Go and fetch the butter from the dairy.”
- countable, uncountableA dairy farm.
- countable, uncountableA shop selling dairy products.
“Can you go and buy some yoghurt and blue cheese from the dairy?”
- New-Zealand, countable, uncountableA corner store, superette or minimart.
- not-comparableReferring to products produced from milk.
- not-comparable, specificallyReferring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes.
“Is this milk dairy or soy?”
- not-comparableReferring to the milk production and processing industries.
- British, not-comparableOn food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).
Formsdairies(plural)