Meaning

4 senses

  1. (not comparable)Referring to products produced from milk.

    Milch-

    моло́чныйmolóčnyj

    моло́чнийmolóčnyj

  2. Referring to products produced from milk.

    (not comparable, specifically)Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes.

    Is this milk dairy or soy?

  3. (not comparable)Referring to the milk production and processing industries.

    моло́чныйmolóčnyj

  4. (UK, not comparable)On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

Examples

78 sentences

  1. I seldom eat dairy products.

    Я рідко їм молочні продукти. — deniko

    ruЯ редко ем молочное. — sharptoothed

    deIch esse selten Milchprodukte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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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

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
referring to products produced from milk:
Русский
By meaning 1
referring to products produced from milk:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
referring to products produced from milk:

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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Word family

4 related words
Relatedmilky
Deriveddairy cakedairy milknondairy

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dailyA2daintydaiquiridaisyB1daldaledali

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