dairy

Etymology

Origin 1250–1300 (Middle English daierie and other forms), from dey (“dairymaid”) + -ery.

noun

1. 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.
2. A dairy farm.
3. A shop selling dairy products.
   Can you go and buy some yoghurt and blue cheese from the dairy?
4. (New Zealand) A corner store, superette or minimart.
5. (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
   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
6. (uncountable) (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. 2023-05-14, Alix Strauss, “How the Head of a Filmmaking Center Spends His Sundays”, in The New York Times

adj

1. Referring to products produced from milk.
   1. (specifically) Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes.
      Is this milk dairy or soy?
2. Referring to the milk production and processing industries.
3. (Britain) On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).