dairy
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: 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.
Base: deye
Affixes: -erie
Inflected forms:
form: dairies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Go and fetch the butter from the dairy.
gloss: A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Can you go and buy some yoghurt and blue cheese from the dairy?
gloss: A corner store, superette or minimart.
pos: noun
tags: New-Zealand
countable
uncountable
gloss: A woman's breast.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
slang
uncountable
vulgar
examples: 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.
gloss: Referring to products produced from milk.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Referring to products produced from milk.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
specifically
examples: Is this milk dairy or soy?
gloss: Referring to the milk production and processing industries.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).
pos: adj
tags: UK
not-comparable
Related words: milky
Derived words: antidairy
Dairy Arm
dairy bar
dairy cattle
dairy cow
dairyer
dairy farmer
dairy farming
Dairy Flat
dairy-free
dairygirl
dairyhouse
dairying
dairyland
dairyless
dairylike
dairy lunch
dairymaid
dairyman
dairy product
dairywoman
megadairy
model dairy
dairy cake
dairy milk
nondairy
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: حَلِيبِيّ
roman: ḥalībiyy
lang: Arabic
word: لَبَنِيّ
roman: labaniyy
lang: Belarusian
word: мало́чны
roman: malóčny
lang: Bulgarian
word: мле́чен
roman: mléčen
lang: Czech
word: mléčný
lang: Dutch
word: zuivel-
lang: French
word: laitier
lang: Georgian
word: რძის
roman: rʒis
lang: German
word: Milch-
lang: Greek
word: γαλακτοκομικός
roman: galaktokomikós
lang: Hebrew
word: חֲלָבִי
roman: khalaví
lang: Hindi
word: दुग्ध
roman: dugdh
lang: Italian
word: caseario
lang: Macedonian
word: млечен
roman: mlečen
lang: Malay
word: tenusu
lang: Norwegian
word: meieri-
lang: Norwegian
word: melke-
lang: Polish
word: mleczny
lang: Portuguese
word: leiteiro
lang: Portuguese
word: lácteo
lang: Portuguese
word: laticínio
lang: Romanian
word: lactat
lang: Russian
word: моло́чный
roman: molóčnyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мле̑чнӣ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: млије̑чнӣ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mlȇčnī
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mlijȇčnī
lang: Slovak
word: mliečny
lang: Slovene
word: mlečen
lang: Spanish
word: lácteo
lang: Swahili
word: shajara
lang: Tagalog
word: gatasin
lang: Ukrainian
word: моло́чний
roman: molóčnyj
lang: Yiddish
word: מילכיק
roman: milkhik