dairy

Pluraldairies (some meanings)

1. 1
   noununcountable

   Food made from milk, such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.

   Like all the different foods you can make starting from milk.

   She cannot eat dairy, so she drinks oat milk instead.

   Milk, cheese, and yogurt are all dairy.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Made from milk.

   He bought several dairy products for the recipe.

   The store keeps all its dairy items in the cold section.

3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A building where milk is made into butter, cheese, and other foods.

   Like a kitchen, but just for turning milk into butter and cheese.

   She worked in the dairy churning butter all morning.

   The farm's dairy smelled of fresh cream.

   Similarcreamery

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4. 4
   adjective

   Relating to the business of producing and processing milk.

   The dairy industry has faced rising costs this year.

   Many dairy farmers sell their milk to local markets.

5. 5
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A farm that keeps cows or other animals for their milk.

   Her family runs a dairy out in the valley.

   The dairy milks two hundred cows each day.

6. 6
   adjective

   Made from real animal milk, not from plant substitutes.

   Choose the dairy version if you aren't avoiding milk.

   These dairy yogurts contain real cream, not soy.

   Oppositenondairy, vegan, plant-based

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7. 7
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A shop that sells milk, butter, cheese, and similar foods.

   She stopped at the dairy for milk and eggs.

   He bought a wheel of cheese at the dairy down the road.

   Similarcreamery

8. 8
   nounNew Zealandcountable or uncountable

   A small local shop that sells food and everyday items.

   I'll grab some milk from the dairy on the corner.

   The dairy down the street stays open late.

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9. 9
   adjectiveBritish

   On food labels, made with fat only from milk, like dairy ice cream.

   She prefers dairy ice cream because it tastes richer than the cheaper kind.

   The tub was marked dairy because all its fat came from cream.

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10. 10
    nounslangvulgarcountable or uncountableplural

    A rude slang word for a woman's breast.

    He made a crude comment about her dairy and she walked off.

    The boys laughed and pointed at the woman's dairies.

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