Etymology Inherited from Middle English deyerie (“dairy, dairy farm”), from Anglo-Norman deyerie (“dairy”), from deye (“dairymaid”) + -erie (“-ery”); by surface analysis, dey (“dairymaid”) + -ry. Cognate with Scots dery, dyrie.
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(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.2023 May 14, Alix Strauss, “How the Head of a Filmmaking Center Spends His Sundays”, in The New York Times:
› A place that produces, processes, or sells…
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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.
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A dairy farm.
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A shop selling dairy products.
Can you go and buy some yoghurt and blue cheese from the dairy?
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New Zealand A corner store, superette or minimart.
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.2011, Kate Moore, To Seduce an Angel: