dairy

English Online Dictionary. What means dairy‎? What does dairy mean?

English

Etymology

Origin 1250–1300 (Middle English daierie and other forms), from dey (“dairymaid”) +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛə.ɹi/
• (General American)
  • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɚ.i/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɹ.i/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːɹi/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /deəɹi/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /diəɹi/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /deɹɪ/, /deɹe/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /dɜːɹɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi
• Homophones: Derry (Mary–marry–merry merger), dearie (cheer–chair merger)

Noun

dairy (countable and uncountable, plural dairies)

1. A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.

2. A dairy farm.
3. A shop selling dairy products.

   Synonym: milkhouse

   Synonym: milkery (rare)

4. (New Zealand) A corner store, superette or minimart.
5. (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
6. (uncountable) (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

dairy (not comparable)

1. Referring to products produced from milk.
   1. (specifically) Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes.

      Is this milk dairy or soy?

2. Referring to the milk production and processing industries.
3. (British) On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

Derived terms

• dairy cake
• dairy milk
• nondairy

Translations

References

• “dairy”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• (woman's breast): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• diary, riyad, yaird