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Definition of dairy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dairy

noun
 
 
/ˈdeəri/
 
/ˈderi/
(plural dairies)
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  1.  
    [uncountable] milk, cheese and other milk products
    • The doctor told me to eat less red meat and dairy.
    see also non-dairyTopics Foodb2
  2. [countable] a place on a farm where milk is kept and where butter and cheese are made
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  3. [countable] a company that sells milk, cheese and other milk products
  4. [countable] (New Zealand English) a small local shop
    • I went to buy a paper at the corner dairy.
    5. Word OriginMiddle English deierie, from deie ‘dairymaid’ (in Old English dǣge ‘female servant’), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse deigja, also to dough and to the second element of Old English hlǣfdige (see lady).
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