Meaning

6 senses
  1. (uncountable)(also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

    Molkereiprodukte, Milchprodukte

    моло́чкаmolóčka, моло́чные проду́ктыmolóčnyje prodúkty

    моло́чкаmolóčka, моло́чні ви́робиmolóčni výroby, моло́чні проду́ктиmolóčni prodúkty

    a farm where dairy products are produced

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

    (countable, uncountable)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.

    Molkerei

    маслобо́йняmaslobójnja, маслоде́льняmaslodélʹnja, моло́чная фе́рмаmolóčnaja férma

    молочарняmoločarnja, маслоробняmaslorobnja

  3. (countable, uncountable)A dairy farm.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A shop selling dairy products.

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

    Milchladen

    моло́чный магази́нmolóčnyj magazín, моло́чнаяmolóčnaja

  5. (New Zealand, countable, uncountable)A corner store, superette or minimart.

    Laden um die Ecke

  6. (countable, in the plural, slang, uncountable, vulgar)A woman's breast.

    Milchküche

Examples

78 sentences
  1. I seldom eat dairy products.

    Я рідко їм молочні продукти.

    ruЯ редко ем молочное.

    deIch esse selten Milchprodukte.

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  2. I knew Tom was a dairy farmer.

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  3. I haven't eaten dairy products for a while.

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  4. I didn't know Tom was a dairy farmer.

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  5. I knew that Tom was a dairy farmer.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
products produced from milk:
place, where milk is processed:
Русский
By meaning 3
products produced from milk:
place, where milk is processed:
shop selling dairy products:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
products produced from milk:
place, where milk is processed:
shop selling dairy products:
corner-store, superette, mini-mart:
slang, vulgar: woman's breast:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English deyerie (“dairy, dairy farm”), from Anglo-Norman deyerie (“d

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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Forms

plural: dairies
Singulardairy
Pluraldairies

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a farm where dairy products are produced:dairy farm

Word family

21 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • eat dairy products
  • a dairy farmer
  • dairy products
  • dairy farmer
  • eat dairy
  • was a dairy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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