dairy

noun

1. 1

   (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

   My routine changed in February because I stopped alcohol, caffeine and dairy. Normally, I would have drunk a strong beer before I went to bed and made an espresso in the morning. It’s boring now but healthier.

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   A place that produces, processes, or sells such products: A dairy farm.

4. 4

   A place that produces, processes, or sells such products: A shop selling dairy products.

   Can you go and buy some yoghurt and blue cheese from the dairy?

5. 5

   A corner store, superette or minimart.

6. 6

   slangA woman's breast.

   Her dairies as Wallop had called them were on display, or at least as much of them as she and Ruth could not contrive to cover.

adjective

1. 1

   Referring to products produced from milk.

2. 2

   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?

3. 3

   Referring to the milk production and processing industries.

4. 4

   On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

Forms

plural

dairies