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dairy

/ˈdɛɹi/

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What does dairy mean?

noun

  1. (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
  2. A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.
  3. A dairy farm.
More meanings (7)

noun

  1. A shop selling dairy products.
  2. A corner store, superette or minimart.
  3. (slang, vulgar) A woman's breast.

adjective

  1. Referring to products produced from milk.
  2. Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes.
  3. Referring to the milk production and processing industries.
  4. On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈdɛɹi/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Marilla sniffed, to express her contempt for Matthew’s opinions concerning anything feminine, and walked off to the dairy with the pails.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
Sugar production has lost out to dairy production and other livestock products as the main source of income in the agricultural sector.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
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Will Egyptian corn make good ensilage and at what time should it be cut to make the best feed for dairy cows?
Edward J. (Edward James) WicksonOne Thousand Questions in California Agriculture AnsweredProject Gutenberg ebook #5152
In the next chapter we will give, as concisely as we can, the whole process that we ourselves used in our dairy.
Miss CoultonOur Farm of Four Acres and the Money We Made by ItProject Gutenberg ebook #11555