See Also: non-dairy(dictionary)
dairy(dictionary)
dairy(dictionary)
dairy products(medicine)
dairy farm(dictionary)
dairy cattle(dictionary)
Dairy Queen(dictionary)
dairy farming(encyclopedia)
MENGNIU DAIRY(finance)
cook's guide - Dairy(recipes)

dairy (iou)



dairy noun & verb. ME.
[from DEY noun1 + -ERY, -RY.]
A. noun.
A room or building for keeping milk and cream and making butter, cheese, etc.; a shop for milk etc.; a company that distributes milk etc.; NZ a local shop selling groceries (including milk) and other goods. ME.
A dairy farm; that department of a farm or farming which is concerned with the production of milk etc. ME.
Comb.: dairy cattle, dairy cow, etc.: kept for milk production; dairy cream real cream made from milk; dairy factory (chiefly NZ): for making butter and cheese; dairy farm, dairy farming: concerned largely with the keeping of cows for milk production; dairy-free adjective containing no milk product; dairymaid a woman employed in a dairy; dairyman (a) a man employed in a dairy or in dairy farming; (b) a man who deals in dairy products; dairy products milk and its derivatives (cream, butter, cheese, etc.).
b. verb.
verb intrans. Keep a dairy farm; produce milk and dairy products. Chiefly as dairying verbal noun. M17.
verb trans. Keep or feed (cows) for milk. rare. L18.