Added 4 October 2026
dairy
/ˈdɛə.ɹi/ noun
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about dairy at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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A place that produces, processes, or sells such products: A 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.
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A 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.
- A dairy farm.
adjective
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Referring to products produced from milk. Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes.
Is this milk dairy or soy?
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Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes.
Is this milk dairy or soy?
- Referring to the milk production and processing industries.
Origin
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.
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