dairies
SayDAIR-eezUS/ˈdɛɹ.iz/UK/ˈdɛə.ɹiz/AUS/ˈdeːɹiz/
- 1Plural of dairy.
Local dairies supply cheese and butter to restaurants across the region.
Small family dairies struggle to compete with large industrial producers.
Note
The spelling follows the regular pattern for nouns ending in a consonant plus y: the y becomes -ies. The plural counts places and businesses, such as farms, processing rooms, shops and, in New Zealand, the corner store. The milk products themselves stay uncountable as dairy. Take care with the vulgar slang use, where the plural means a woman's breasts.
dairies is a form of dairy
dairy, noun: Products made from milk, such as butter, cheese, and cream. Full entry
- Forms
- dairydairies plural
- Spelling
- dairy → dairies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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