dairy

[ dair-ee ]

noun

, plural dair·ies

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

/ ˈdɛərɪ /

noun

1. a company that supplies milk and milk products
2. 1. a shop that sells provisions, esp milk and milk products
   2. a shop that remains open outside normal trading hours
3. a room or building where milk and cream are stored or made into butter and cheese
4. 1. modifier of or relating to the production of milk and milk products

      dairy cattle

   2. ( in combination )

      a dairymaid

      a dairyman

5. 1. food containing milk or milk products

      she can't eat dairy

   2. ( as modifier )

      dairy produce

Word History and Origins

Origin of dairy¹

1250–1300; Middle English daierie, equivalent to daie, deie dairymaid ( Old English dǣge bread maker; cognate with Old Norse deigja; lady ) + -erie -ery

Word History and Origins

Origin of dairy¹

C13 daierie, from Old English dǣge servant girl, one who kneads bread; see dough , lady

Example Sentences

Dairy industry experts say the virus entered California after local cows were shipped to another state and then returned to California.

From Los Angeles Times

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the virus is more widespread in dairy workers than had previously been assumed.

From Los Angeles Times

An examination of antibodies in 115 dairy workers from Michigan and Colorado showed that eight people were positive for the disease, or 7% of the study population — indicating that either workers were not reporting illness, or they were asymptomatic.

From Los Angeles Times

Nuzzo also pointed to a recent study published in Nature, led by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, an H5N1 expert at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, that showed the virus that infected the first reported dairy worker in Texas had acquired mutations that made it more severe in animals as well as allowing it to move more efficiently between them — via airborne respiration.

From Los Angeles Times

Although California dairy farmers anticipated a bird flu mortality rate of less than 2%, some say between 10% and 15% of infected cattle are dying.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• dairy farm